'Gladiator' star Russell Crowe donates thousands to help save stuntman's leg

"Gladiator" prima Russell Crowe is helping his person successful an effort to prevention his leg.

Charlie Allan, a stuntman connected "Gladiator," was renovating the entranceway of his store erstwhile helium fell disconnected the apical of the building, prompting a "crunching" feeling each the mode down to his ankle, according to Kennedy News and Media.

Allan, 61, whitethorn suffer his limb owed to the fall. Crowe, who worked with him connected "Gladiator" and "Robin Hood," donated £5,000 ($6,336) done Allan's GoFundMe page.

"Gladiator" prima Russell Crowe has donated thousands to assistance prevention a stuntman's leg. (Getty Images/Kennedy News)

"It feels awesome and makes maine consciousness precise humble that Russell Crowe has donated. Me and Russell spell backmost to ‘Gladiator,'" Allan told the outlet. "In ‘Gladiator,’ I was a stuntman and actor. I'm the feline that shouts astatine Russell Crowe with a severed caput successful my manus astatine the opening of the movie. 

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"It ever raises a hairsbreadth connected the backmost aft seeing this scene. There were 15,000 men connected acceptable that day, and it took 3 weeks to movie the archetypal 10 minutes of the film. This is however maine and Russell became friends connected ‘Gladiator.’ We person been friends for years." 

"This is however maine and Russell became friends connected ‘Gladiator.’ We person been friends for years." 

According to Kennedy News and Media, Allan's autumn caused a "complete arterial thrombosis successful his near leg, which has placed him successful a captious information owed to the inadequate humor proviso to his limb."

According to NHS, arterial thrombosis "is a humor clot that develops successful an artery. It’s unsafe arsenic it tin obstruct oregon halt the travel of humor to large organs, specified arsenic the bosom oregon brain."

Russell Crowe starred arsenic Maximus successful the archetypal "Gladiator" released successful 2000. (Chris Weeks/Liaison)

Kennedy News and Media reported that Allan was admitted to the University Hospital Hairmyres successful Glasgow and told helium needed to person a process to hole his leg.

While astatine the hospital, Allan was waiting for a vein bypass aft his "leg turned achromatic and went numb." Twenty-four hours earlier his planned surgery, Allan was informed they couldn't spell up with the country owed to erstwhile blunt-force trauma to his leg.

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The outlet reported that helium was sent location with painkillers and humor thinners and was reportedly told that nary different country was disposable to him nether NHS.

After receiving the news, Allan's wife, Chara Gallos-Allan, 33, launched a GoFundMe leafage successful an effort to find an alternate attraction to hopefully prevention his leg.

Charlie Allan said helium and Russell Crowe became friends aft gathering connected the acceptable of "Gladiator." (Kennedy News Media)

According to Kennedy News and Media, the GoFundMe's extremity was 25,000 euros (about $26,500) to assistance with an endovascular thrombectomy extracurricular the U.K.

"I'm precise humbled and excited astatine the imaginable of really being capable to get the process done. If I'm capable to get it done earlier Christmas, it volition beryllium a precise progressive and outdoorsy festive period," Allan said.

"I'm a acceptable feline for my age. I thrust bikes and horses. You've got to support fit."

Charlie elaborate the autumn to the quality outlet and explained the concern has "severely impacted" his life.

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"At the moment, I tin lone locomotion astir 20 feet earlier stopping arsenic the symptom becomes unbearable. I'm connected my feet each the time. I tally an events charity, and I thatch lads sword enactment to get connected TV," helium said.

Charlie Allan whitethorn suffer his limb aft the accident. (Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images)

"I'm an actor, stuntman and combat stuntman, and it's severely impacted my life. I can't pursuit aft my lad astatine the infinitesimal arsenic helium gets older, and it's ruined my prime of life."

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Allan noted that helium hasn't been capable to spot "Gladiator II," which stars Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal, but helium "will beryllium going to spot it erstwhile I can."