Some actors are method actors, others like to freestyle and deviate from the script, and then there are the ‘how the hell did this guy make a career out of this shite’ types like Adam Sandler.

Yes Waterboy and Happy Gilmore had their moments, but have you seen his track record these past five years? Anyway this ain’t about Adam Sandler, this is about the horrific accident that happened to Italian actor Raphael Schumacher.

27-year-old Raphael was ‘performing in an experimental production in the courtyard of Pisa’s Teatro Lux’ when someone noticed that the rope around his neck was far too tight. CNN with more:

Schumacher was wearing a covering on his head, but the spectator — a female medical graduate — saw him trembling and realized [sic] something was wrong. She ran to him, loosened the noose, and with the help of another spectator, lowered him to the ground. He was taken to hospital shortly after.

Police have launched an investigation into the incident and say that investigators are verifying if proper safety procedures were in place.

It turns out the hanging scene was actually at the behest of Schumacher himself:

Schumacher changed the play’s script at the last minute, the directors of the theater company [said]… “The original monologue included a fake gunshot but he eventually decided for the hanging — without telling us.”

CNN also report that doctors have started procedures to assess whether he is brain dead.

Unfortunately it doesn’t look like this one will have a happy ending – be careful out there guys and girls.

[source:cnn]