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Movie star cuts down on the booze after back injury
Movie hunk George Clooney has been forced to cut down on his alcohol intake after complications resulting from a serious 2005 back injury.
The actor is still having regular blood transfusions a year after he damaged his spine during the filming of his latest movie, Syriana, meaning that he is unable to drink. He underwent months of agonising spinal cap surgery and had to wear a neck brace to several Hollywood functions, but it seems he still hasn't completely recovered.
The Ocean's Twelve star explained, "They take blood out of my arm and inject it into my spine. It’s a slow, ongoing process, but it’s getting better."
Clooney only discovered the extent of the back injury when spinal fluid starting dripping from his nose, and he has admitted that the neck and back pain was so unbearable that he seriously considered suicide.
Asked how he was injured, the award-winning actor replied, "It was my own dumb fault.
"I was taped to a chair and a guy was pretending to hit me... and I flipped myself over on the chair, and cracked my head and tore what's called my dura, which is the wrapping around your spine, and ended up with... a cranial spinal fluid leak.
"Good fun. I highly recommend it for everybody out there."
Talking of his current blood transfusions, George complained, "You can’t drink when you do it. You have to wait for a couple of weeks. That’s cruel, man, that’s not cool for an Irishman."
Despite his back injury, filming of Syriana continued and it is due to be released in the UK in March 2006. More information about the politically-charged epic can be found at http://syrianamovie.warnerbros.com/.
