A former semi-professional footballer from Manchester United woke from coma as totally different man surprising both everybody and himself. After the car crash, during which Rory Curtis suffered a serious brain injury, he survived due to an experimental drug.

After an innovative treatment the patient's condition rapidly improved and he regained consciousness. Despite only having a basic grasp from school Curtis, began to speak fluent French to the nurse from Africa.

A footballer woke from the coma thinking he was Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey too. He was upset for being in hospital and couldn't wait to get out of there and back to filming movies.

'One day I went to the toilet and looked in the mirror: I was shocked because the man looking at me from the mirror wasn't Matthew McConaughey at all',-said Curtis.

 However, Curtis was able to become a famous man. He is the second person in Britain to have the treatment - which drew upon the Ministry of Defence's expertise with injured soldiers.

When Curtis was taken to hospital doctors were not sure he would survive.

He gained his conciousness after 6 days of the car crash and left hospital after 2 months.

Now the former football player does not think about professional or even semi-professional football. He works as a barber in his cousin's beauty salone in Birmingham. He does not consider himself as a Hollywood star any more, but he speaks French fluently and improves his language knowledge.