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McConaughey Aids Fainted Woman
Sunday, September 9, 2001 12:00 AM EDT
A real-life drama unfolded at the Toronto International Film Festival after heartthrob Matthew McConaughey came to the rescue of a woman who collapsed at a screening of his latest movie.
Janice Flisfeder, 49, never expected to play a starring role at the Friday night screening of Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, which she attended with her husband. The festival's an annual ritual for the couple.
"I fainted. I think it was not eating much and standing in lines all day," said Flisfeder, embarrassed by the front-row incident after 11 p.m. at the Elgin Theatre.
But her appearance as a leading lady wasn't all bad.
"I felt a man stroking my hair and kissing my forehead saying 'it's okay, sweetheart,' and realized it wasn't my husband," the mother of three said last night. "When I opened my eyes and looked back to him I just thought 'nahh can't be.'"
It was only as she was being loaded into the ambulance that she realized she'd had a close encounter with the star of The Wedding Planner, U-571, Ed TV and A Time to Kill.
But in Hollywood form, the show did go on as the projectionist ignored calls from the audience and kept the spool rolling.
"Matthew was the first to the scene. It was like a movie," said the film's director, Jill Sprecher, who watched the mayhem unfold in front of her, concerned about the health of the woman rather than the screening of her newest film.
"He is a heroic guy -- a very kind person who is always considerate," she said.
On screen, actor John Turturro had just asked a character why he had become a doctor when a man came bounding up the aisles in search of one.
A doctor was later found and helped at the front of the theatre where Flisfeder fainted.
Source: Canoe.ca
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