Morgan Freeman, 87, turns heads as he steps out in LA for incognito dinner date

On November 26, 2024By Littum

Morgan Freeman’s fans are used to seeing the actor walk the red carpet or command attention on the big screen.

But on Nov. 24, he hung up his tuxedo for a casual appearance in Santa Monica.

Morgan was photographed outside the famous Italian restaurant, Giorgio Baldi wearing a baseball cap, flannel shirt, trousers and sandals with socks.

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He wore a compression glove on his left hand that he has talked about before.

The 87-year-old revealed that his hand was paralyzed after a serious car accident in 2008.

Morgan Freeman was seen dining at the luxurious Giorgio Baldi restaurant

“I got nerve damage and it hasn’t gotten better. I can’t move it,” he told People two years after the crash.

“If you don’t move your hand, it will swell. Do you know that you move your hand about a million times a day?”

Morgan also told Esquire that the pain shoots “up and down the arm”, and sometimes it is “unbearable.”

Morgan wears a compression glove after a terrifying car accident

The accident happened in Mississippi and he had to be cut from the vehicle by emergency workers and airlifted to the hospital. His vehicle overturned several times and he was lucky to be alive.

Despite the major accident, Morgan recovered and is still working in her 80s.

He has several upcoming projects, i.a Coming 2 America and Overcome.

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However, he sticks to making films because he admitted that in recent years he has gone on stage and forgotten his lines.

Morgan described the moment as “terrifying” and said his mind went blank in front of an audience.

He found fame relatively late in life and was close to 50 when he received Oscar nominations for Street Smart and Driving Miss Daisy.

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Morgan has had a string of box office hits — his cumulative box office is now north of $11 billion — but he’s also had some flops.

His 2015 thriller Momentum grossed £46 ($57) from its opening weekend in the UK. It cost $20 million to make.

He is currently participating Lioness 2 alongside Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldana, and he’s open about why he accepted the role.

Nicole Kidman, Genesis Rodriguez, Morgan Freeman and Zoe Saldana were all smiles on the red carpet — Morgan stars alongside Nicole Kidman, Genesis Rodriguez and Zoe Saldana in Lioness

“Number one, it’s a Taylor Sheridan project and I’m just, number one, thrilled to be in that loop.

“Number two, it’s an incredible cast that I’m working with — Zoe and Nicole and Michael and Bruce. Just that alone is enough.

“Over all, I get paid to do it.”