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Andrew NDB

01-21-2020, 11:31 PM

On Michael Rosenbaum's podcast, and has to leave. This one:

https://insideofyoupodcast.com/episodes/stephen-amell-2

Also he says he has only been doing Arrow for a while just for the money. He really opens up.

TommyT

01-22-2020, 12:50 AM

No video version?

DarkFell

01-22-2020, 01:11 AM

No video version?
A panic attack isn't something that anybody wants to experience, bruh. Also, it would be disrespectful to show Amell succumbing to his attack on-air.

IMJ

01-22-2020, 10:17 AM

Well I'll give him this - that was a pretty well-managed panic attack.

For those interested things start to take a turn at 29:52 of the interview.

Powder

01-22-2020, 10:31 AM

What, did he finally watch Out Of The Shadows?

IMJ

01-22-2020, 10:45 AM

What, did he finally watch Out Of The Shadows?

No, no he would've just fallen asleep if that was the case. :lol:

oldmanwinters

01-22-2020, 10:53 AM

What, did he finally watch Out Of The Shadows?

Man, that is savage. :tlol:

Seriously, wish Amell all the best in health and career.

Papenbrook

01-22-2020, 11:08 AM

I hope he's doing okay.

I wish him the best.

Andrew NDB

01-22-2020, 11:36 AM

Is it bad that it seems a bit staged, to me?

IMJ

01-22-2020, 11:45 AM

Is it bad that it seems a bit staged, to me?

I felt the same way, but you'd better virtue signal your well wishes and how concerned you are for him just so anyone on the underbelly of the boards knows you are, yes indeedy a good person. I'll take the negative hit from those same people for telling you this in sarcasm, but then unbeknownst to them I can virtue signal as well through my willingness to take the social hit for your benefit so that you are socially elevated by signaling your well wishes to Amell for his panic attacks

:roll:

The sense of helplessness during a panic attack can be awful, but Stephen Amell will be fine.

AquaParade

01-22-2020, 12:09 PM

It would only appear staged to me if it was not one of the first panic attacks he's ever had. He sounds like he has no idea what's going on, but once you've had a few of these, you generally know what's happening, even though you are in fear. You still might be paranoid that something is wrong, but I don't think you'd be as puzzled as he sounds.

Who knows.

Andrew NDB

01-22-2020, 12:16 PM

IMJ

01-22-2020, 12:30 PM

It just strikes me as convenient that everyone went from not talking about Stephen Amell at all... to just like that, suddenly everybody talking about Stephen Amell. And him becoming "humanized," something he's admitted is a concern about his "rep."

https://tvline.com/2020/01/22/stephen-amell-arrow-death-scene-problems-podcast-panic-attack/

https://www.eonline.com/news/1114244/arrow-s-stephen-amell-suffers-a-panic-attack-in-the-middle-of-an-interview

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/stephen-amell-suffers-a-panic-attack-during-podcast-interview/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/popculture/stephen-amell-suffers-full-on-panic-attack-during-podcast-taping/vp-BBZcuAw

https://www.today.com/health/actor-stephen-amell-has-panic-attack-during-interview-t172265

https://toofab.com/2020/01/22/stephen-amell-panic-attack-interview-arrow/

Almost like it was planned...

Furthermore this manifested on a show that resides within Amell's clique. There's even dialog about Amell working out with The Smallville Superman guy Tom Welling and this is happening on Smallville Lex Luthor's podcast! LOL!

Maybe he is having panic attacks because he's out of work with the release of his show.
Maybe he's staging panic attacks because he's out of work with the release of his show.
Maybe he does get panic attacks, but used the situation and staged this one.

It all sounds like the melodrama from a CW sh..... err.....

oldmanwinters

01-22-2020, 01:08 PM

I do wonder if his phone has been ringing for future roles (movie or TV).

I think he was considered something of a rising star when he did Out of the Shadows, but since then... uh.... he's only been in Code 8, a movie I hadn't heard of but has a decent critical score (also produced by him and his cousin, coincidentally enough). And, of course, all the CW DC shows and crossovers.

IndigoErth

01-22-2020, 01:28 PM

Haven't listened to it, but ran across Yahoo's article on it a little bit ago. Used to deal with them myself long ago and what he described (or at least as quoted in the article) was pretty much me back then with the same kind of symptoms... Not a stereotyped all out screaming freakout, but that same sweating, feel ill, just really want to get the hell out of there. Sometimes even in places or situations you've been in before and handled fine or on any other day may enjoy. (i.e. Mine once happened at Toys R Us!)

Too much stress is a huge factor though and sounds like he's had plenty of it on his mind so, yeah...maybe a break is a good idea, Stephen.

I guess for him it's lucky that next TMNT movie (if it's still happening) might presumably be totally different, including a different cast... On top of being miserable having made those films (edit: or according to the experience of a co-star), eesh, now I'd esp feel bad if he was forced back into it.

Andrew NDB

01-22-2020, 01:54 PM

I guess for him it's lucky that next TMNT movie (if it's still happening) might presumably be totally different, including a different cast... On top of being miserable having made those films, eesh, now I'd esp feel bad if he was forced back into it.

You honestly think there's even a teeny tiny chance they'd bring him back as Casey Jones? :lol:

IndigoErth

01-22-2020, 02:03 PM

Platinum Dunes? God only knows what decisions that company makes and why, so can't even guess. lol

Andrew NDB

06-23-2021, 07:58 PM

Amell freaks out on a flight. Is made to leave.

https://pagesix.com/2021/06/23/stephen-amell-removed-from-flight-after-alleged-altercation-with-wife/

frank_one

06-23-2021, 09:40 PM

Panic attacks can tear the strongest person apart, they are no joke. I hope he's seeing a good therapist, that's the only way he can get back to a normal life..

Roseangelo

06-24-2021, 01:49 AM

Don't ask me why, because I have no reasonable answer, but I have recently found myself thinking about Out of the Shadows and had it in my head that Casey was played by Chris Evans. Obviously this isn't true, and I knew that (he was CGI Casey in 2007), but I couldn't remember who actually was Casey and really didn't care enough to bother to look it up.

Andrew NDB

06-24-2021, 02:01 AM

I liked Amell just fine. Then I met him.

mrmaczaps

06-24-2021, 07:28 AM

I liked Amell just fine. Then I met him.

What's that old saying, "never meet your idols"? I met Margot Kidder once, in 2006 Wizard World Boston, snagged a copy of the bootleg Superman 2, the Donner Cut. She signed it. Then I ran into her at my hotel and she seemed very off her meds. It was weird & really sad to see her struggling as she was... then later I read why, that she had all sorts of mental issues. Got to meet Lou Ferrigno too. He was cool. :lol:

TMNTFanatic4Life

06-24-2021, 11:14 AM

I liked Amell just fine. Then I met him.

You mentioned Olicity, didn’t you? Lol

Andrew NDB

06-24-2021, 02:50 PM

He literally -- physically -- yanked me around. He's a prick.

AquaParade

06-25-2021, 02:01 PM

He literally -- physically -- yanked me around. He's a prick.

Why?

At least you can watch clips from the turtles movie he was in, if you need some catharsis. That seemed to pretty much destroy his career.

ZariusTwo

06-25-2021, 02:40 PM

I greatly admire J. Michael Strazynski, sent him a couple of grateful messages to him via Facebook thanking him for inspiring me to be a writer. Never heard back from him once

Doesn't lower my opinion of him any though, I read his biography and he's got plenty of issues, don't think I want to know him better.

Dan Didio on the other hand is a pretty splendid guy, he's responded a couple of times to me, and I get on very well with his wife.