NEW YORK — The stunt actor who fell 30 feet while playing Spider-Man on Broadway is walking again, and his father said Saturday that he can’t wait to return to the role despite injuries that have him confined to the intensive care unit.
Christopher Tierney walked Friday for the first time since his fall during the Dec. 20 show of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” and is spending Christmas with his mother and brother in the hospital while recovering from back surgery, said Tim Tierney. Julie Taymor, director and co-writer of the $65 million production, visited the actor in the hospital on Christmas Eve, Tierney said.
The show has been plagued by technical glitches, money woes and three other injuries, including a concussion and two broken wrists.
“He just felt so blessed to be part of this whole creative process, and he just cannot wait to get back and perform in the show,” the actor’s father said.
The Associated Press; photo by John Matthews, OnLocation
