11 hours Ago By [email protected] (John Dingwall)
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info A Harry Potter star has been warned by doctors that he may never walk again or be able to speak after undergoing emergency surgery.
The actor who played Scabior in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film adapations of J.K. Rowling's novel, is recovering from a "life-threatening" diagnosis that caused him to undergo emergency spinal surgery .
Nick Moran, 55, who also starred in Guy Ritchie's 1998 breakout film Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, had been encouraged to seek medical help by his girlfriend after experiencing neck pain. His friend Terry Stone said his Moran was told he needed an "emergency operation because this is life-threatening." He added: "I spoke to one of his family members, and he damaged his neck somehow, and it's affecting his spinal cord and some of the things that operate your speech and your legs.
" He revealed that Moran is recovering but that ahead of surgery, doctors told him that, "he might never walk or talk again, which was traumatic. He's not in the best of health, but when he came out of the operation I was like, ‘Thank, God,’ because I think he'd decided he'd rather not walk or talk than die." Stone said that they had to replace bones in Moran's neck "with artificial bone, it was micro-surgery and because there's so many nerves around the neck and spine, this made the operation tricky with those awful chances of not being able to speak or walk again.
" "Nick had surgery a little over a week and a half ago and is home walking, talking and making a full recovery," a representative for the 55-year-old actor said. "Nick will be back working on his next film shortly and is looking forward to being back at the studio, tending to his busy schedule. Nick would like to thank all of the well-wishers and assure them that he is well and appreciative of their support.
" Moran was one of a number of actors who enjoyed break out roles thanks to Ritchie's Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels film, which also inspired a number of British crime movies that followed. The black comedy followed a heist involving a confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three-card brag, prompting him to pay off his debts by enlisting his friends to help him rob a small-time gang operating out of the apartment next door. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, former diver Jason Statham, former Wimbledon footballer Vinnie Jones and singer Sting.
Stone said that while he's recovering, Moran still has a long road ahead of him. "He's speaking now, which is a good sign, but he's shuffling around like a 100-year-old and has a neck brace on and taking it easy," he said..
