Ryan Kwanten, the gorgeous 34 year-old underrated Aussie actor who plays Jason Stackhouse on HBO hit True Blood, may be a true hero. Just Jared is reporting that Ryan rushed to the aid of an unknown man lying bloodied in the street in LA. Ryan is even said to have waited with the victim until paramedics got to the scene. It’s unknown how the man was hurt or what his current status is, but if this is true we know that Ryan is an exceptional citizen along with being exceptionally buff (I could go on):
Ryan Kwanten drew a crowd on Friday night (April 1) at a busy intersection in Hollywood – but he wasn’t the center of attention.
“There was a bloody guy lying in the middle of the street at Hollywood and Highland and no one was doing anything. Ryan pulled up, saw the man down, jumped out of his car, and raced over to see if he could help,” a witness on the scene exclusively tells JustJared.com.
Our source says the 34-year-old True Blood star screamed they had to get the injured man off the street immediately, so with help from a few other guys, he carried the man off to the sidewalk.
“He stayed there watching him until paramedics arrived,” adds the source. “There was a crowd gathering and people recognized Ryan but he was just focused on making sure this guy was okay.”
[From Just Jared]
This could be true, although US Weekly asked Ryan’s rep for comment and basically got a shrug. I love Kwanten and I want to believe this vague anonymously sourced hero story, but it also comes right around the same time that HBO announced the premiere date for True Blood – June 26! – still too long but at least a concrete date, along with a spoiler-filled teaser video that just happens to star Kwanten. So I’m skeptical, but I want to believe. Oh and here’s another teaser for True Blood starring Pam, Tara and Lafayette. Still two and a half more months before the new season premieres, damnit.
I hate to say this because normally I love some facial hair, but that weird billy goat patch that Ryan has on his chin has got to go.
Ryan Kwanten is shown on 3/5, 2/27 and 1/22/11. Credit: WENN.com
With that beard and tux he has an Errol Flynn vibe going on.
I’d hit it like a house on fire, patch or no patch. I’ll be laying in the street at Hollywood & Highland if anyone needs me…
What kind of society has this become that no one is willing to help an injured person these days? This is just sad. You rock Ryan!
It’s always great to hear that we still have genuine people who are willing to help these days.
He is such a cutie pie and yeah I choose to believe that he helped the dude unless he says otherwise….Can’t wait for True Blood.
@Jacq – “I’d hit it like a house on fire, patch or no patch. I’ll be laying in the street at Hollywood & Highland if anyone needs me…”
Amen. I foresee Hollywood struggling with a mass of ‘downed pedestrians’. (Who just happen to all be either straight women, or gay men.) xD
But aside from that, Oh yes. Oh yes yes yes. Lovely.
@TXCinderella – “What kind of society has this become that no one is willing to help an injured person these days? This is just sad. You rock Ryan!”
I totally agree. (Although… I suppose if we take the location into account… I’m sure Hollywood sees quite a bit of odd characters causing problems.) But still. If it’s true, it’s nice to know he wouldn’t step over someone dying in the street.
It’s just pathetic that just not ignoring the injured guy is somehow ‘noteworthy’, in this day & age. I don’t understand how anyone could ignore someone like that.
@TXCinderella: Risk of contamination by bloodborne pathogens and the fact that a person may not be fully protected under the Good Samaritan laws could have anyone thinking twice about how to proceed when aiding an injured person on the street.
@Fabienne you could still call 911 even if you were concerned about Good Samaritan Law coverage or were concerned about blood borne pathogens. There is no excuse for leaving someone on a street to bleed to death.
Fabianne – calling 911 and keeping the injured person company will not hurt anyone. I know this as I’ve helped a few people in my time. It’s such a weird thought to ignore someone because you might ‘catch’ something. I’ve held homeless peoples hands, helped them up off the curb. Called 911 for a man not breathing.. I’m still here, happy and healthy.
‘take a f&^%ing chance’ – the great George Carlin.
@mln76: I totally agree but don’t exclude that possibility. Maybe someone had already called 911. We don’t have all the details.
@YAY: You are right. Calling 911 and staying there until the paramedics arrive is the right and responsible thing to do. I would however think twice before moving an injured person. I may unintentionally aggravate their health condition and cause a permanent injury.
Also, this was at night so there may not have been a lot of visibility. And that person could have been lying there for less than a minute. I wouldn’t want to jump the gun and say people didn’t do anything about helping someone.
Not that I wouldn’t help…but is it horrible that my first thought was, “God, I hope this person doesn’t see dollar signs and sue him for some fake neck injury sustained when they moved him.”?
All I said was that it’s easy to call 911 and keep the person company until help comes. And I’ve seen people walk over people in need of help. I didn’t say I would move an injured person.
NOTE to everyone with small children – please do your part and teach EMPATHY.
Makes me love him more. Even though I’d like to slap Jason (his character) upside the head.
To the “helping strangers” comments: I cannot imagine seeing a crying child, a gravely ill or injured person, and trying not to help. If your heart doesn’t ache just a little bit at the sight of another person suffering, there must be something wrong in your wiring.
He’s beautiful.. better in motion than in pictures.
I’m with you, YAY. I don’t know how people can walk by someone who looks incapacitated. Last time, I saw this old guy on the street who was so out of breath he was standing there with his hands on his knees. He was just trying to get to Walmart so I gave him a lift. He was so grateful it was pathetic. Had my dad with me, and he carried on about how I shouldn’t have done that. OK, in the handbook, probably not. Dad said he could have hurt us. I said, “Dad! The guy was so incapacitated he could hardly walk. Even I could have taken him down!” Anyway, all I know is if I’d have read that somehow that guy had come to harm, and I had just driven by I couldn’t live with myself.
What if he’d tried to hurt me/us? I don’t know. All I know is everyone I have stopped to check on has either been grateful or too out of it to do much of anything.
Frankly it’s a lot easier to jump in and help someone when you’re a man who can defend himself just in case the injured person pulls a Buffalo Bill and tries to kidnap and/or maim you.
I know the chances are slim, but in such a case, I’d call 911 and wait to make sure he got help but I wouldn’t go over to an adult male unless I was with a group of people (I’m a short woman, in case you were wondering). I’d rather be paranoid and alive than a dead Good Samaritan.
That said, I do think (if this is true) that it was very nice of him to do this and help the guy out.
Fabianne-I sure hope you are never in the same predicament as that injured man! It would be terrible if no one bothered to lift a finger to help you if you were bleeding in the middle of a busy street. That is the problem with humanity these days, no one cares.
@kaboom i was thinking more of carey elwes when he was younger
TXCinderella: This is a situation I would never wish on me or you or anyone. And I definitely agree with you. More people should care. We should all strive to be more like Ryan Kwanten. It would be advantageous for us as well if people were more aware of how to properly react during a medical emergency.
By the way, does anyone have more information on the status of this man? This actually happened three days ago.
@mln76 – “you could still call 911 even if you were concerned about Good Samaritan Law coverage or were concerned about blood borne pathogens. There is no excuse for leaving someone on a street to bleed to death.”
Fabianne does have some valid points ‘technically’, I can’t deny that. But… As I’m sure is the case with almost all of us here… If we saw someone hurt who needed help, concern about blood-contamination or legal issues would be the LAST thing on our minds.
My dad is a paramedic… who has had to treat patients with HIV/AIDS & other such dangerous illnesses, on a regular basis. They take a lot of precautions at work, of course, but he’s also come across people while out with us (off duty), & has rushed to help them, even knowing there’s a risk (especially without gloves). He couldn’t turn his back on them. Neither could I.
@Wendy – “Not that I wouldn’t help…but is it horrible that my first thought was, “God, I hope this person doesn’t see dollar signs and sue him for some fake neck injury sustained when they moved him.”?”
You’re not at all horrible for thinking that… What’s horrible is that you’re right about it being such a valid concern. Some people will take advantage of any situation for money, especially with a ‘celebrity’ or other well known person.
@Bluhare – “What if he’d tried to hurt me/us? I don’t know. All I know is everyone I have stopped to check on has either been grateful or too out of it to do much of anything.”
I think, had you been alone in the car, it would’ve been a really bad idea to pick someone up… But your dad *was* with you, & the man was pretty obviously not a threat to you. Personally, I have to admit I’d be incredibly wary about giving someone I didn’t know a ride. But it’s so great that you were able to help someone in that case. =)
Last time I was driving in North Hollywood and this really old and slow guy was crossing the street… needless to say he took a bit longer than the walk sign allowedn and this JACKASS honked at this poor old guy and then drove rapidly torward him and swerved around and went through… I just could not believe it… I was literally praying a piano droopped on his head two minutes later… There’s some real a-holes in the LA county area…
I hate ppl always trying to make excuses because someone refused to reach out and help someone! We should think about if it was them, they would want someone to stop and reach out to them. I do not think of the fact that I might catch something. If God want you to catch it you will! So, I am happy Ryan reached out to that individual and helped him. God Bless you Ryan!
Cute & heroic. Nice.
He actually looks a little like the young Val Kilmer, no>
L.A. is full of a-holes. I live here. Their bark is louder than their bite, though. They started screaming “I’ll sue!!” if you get up in their grill.
Also, maybe the L.A. people didn’t see the bloodied man. They are so self absorbed they were probably texting away, staring down at their Iphone screen.