Joe Watts is twice the risk he performed the committed scenes of “Fast and Furious 9” playing Vin Diesel.Yesterday afternoon, on a set at Warner Bros. Studios in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, Watts fell from a height of nine metres, hitting with his cab after a security cord was broken that was holding him. The actor had jumped from a balcony, and was hung from the cable, with the idea of being slowly lowered. That’s when the accident happened. This forced the immediate suspension of filming, while Watts is currently in an induced coma. Tilly Powell, Watts’ girlfriend, left a message on Facebook: “I hope you understand that I can’t answer every message individually. I write this to tell everyone. Joe suffered a serious head injury and is in an induced coma. He’s stable and he’ll be on the back for all night.” “I love him very much and my heart is broken. He has his whole family and friends by his side to help him get through this,” he added.
Tilly Powell and Joe Watts
Vin Diesel was present on set, and according to some sources, was shocked by the situation. It’s not the first time the actor has faced something like this. In 2002, Harry O’Connor was Diesel’s stunt stunt double in the hit “xXx”: he died on set in Prague while performing a paragliding scene replacing the actor.
