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Ving Rhames, the acclaimed actor, was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at a Los Angeles eatery on Wednesday afternoon. The 66-year-old experienced the medical emergency while dining with his family.
The incident occurred around 1:40 p.m. local time, as reported by Page Six. Following the collapse, emergency services were summoned, and the fire department transported Rhames to a nearby hospital for further evaluation and care.
According to Rhames’ representative, the actor, well-known for appearing alongside Tom Cruise in each Mission: Impossible film, simply overheated. Thankfully, he is now recovering in stable condition.
Rhames rose to prominence in the 1990s for his role as Marsellus Wallace in Quentin Tarantino’s iconic film Pulp Fiction, famous for delivering the memorable line, “I’m gonna get Medieval on your ass.”
In 1996, Rhames joined Tom Cruise in Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible, portraying the character of hacker Luther Stickell. He has continued to reprise this role throughout the franchise’s subsequent films, although his presence was notably reduced to a cameo in Ghost Protocol due to budgetary constraints.
Everything was up in the air when the Brad Bird-directed “Ghost Protocol” was going into production on account of Cruise’s previous rocky history in the industry a few years earlier. But the film was able to make Cruise a star again. It was assumed that Rhames would return, given he was a critical member of Ethan’s teams in the previous three films.
“In 2010, when Rhames was asked by MovieWeb whether he would return to play Luther, his response indicated that if he did, it would be a reduced role. ‘I may be doing something very small in ‘Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol’ but I will just say that the budget changed dramatically and I’ll leave it at that,’ says Rhames,” reported Slash Film. “When he was asked to expand upon that, his follow-up statement gave the impression that it all came down to money. ‘Hmm… Cha-ching could create that but it’s up to them,’ recounts Rhames.”