Adam Devine’s Career Was Jumpstarted by a Near-Fatal Accident
The Big Picture Although it’s not uncommon for performers to glean inspiration from traumatic events, not many stars can say that a near-death experience helped them realize a burning passion for the comedic arts. Starring in huge hits like Pitch Perfect, Workaholics, The Righteous Gemstones, and more, actor and comedian Adam Devine has a shockingly unfunny origin story for getting into comedy.
‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Star Adam Devine Was Hit by a Cement Truck as a Child According to an interview with Entertainment Weekly, when Adam Devine was eleven years old, he was living in Omaha, Nebraska, in a suburban area undergoing lots of construction. One day he was hanging out with his buddies, heading to a convenience store to grab some candy and perhaps get a sneak peek at some adult magazines.
While he survived, the damage to Devine’s body was extensive. He discussed on the podcast Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard that he “broke everything from [the] waist down” except for his right femur, and everything from his knees down was crushed. Adding to the laundry list of horrific injuries, he also lost a lot of skin, had a collapsed lung, and was in a medically induced coma for two weeks.
Before Acting, ‘Pitch Perfect’s Adam Devine Wanted to Be a Baseball Player Well, apparently, when he was a little kid, Adam Devine had grand aspirations of a baseball career and was more of an athlete than a thespian. However, following his accident, his dreams of a pro-baseball career were shattered, and he had to figure out a new sense of identity.
Flash forward nearly 30 years, and Adam Devine has brought some iconic comedic characters to life both on the small and big screen. From playing the most likable sibling Kelvin on The Righteous Gemstones, to earnest Accafella Bumper in the Pitch Perfect trilogy and its successful spin-off series Bumper in Berlin, Devine has been consistently proving that although it came to him in an unexpected way, he was always destined for show biz.
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