The Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids star Rick Moranis has been the victim of a street attack in New York City.
Footage shows the 67-year-old actor assaulted by an unknown assailant on Thursday morning while walking near his apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The NYPD have referred to the attack as “random” and “unprovoked”.
Moranis then went to hospital for an evaluation, suffering pain in his head, back and hip, according to the NYPD. He then reported the attack.
🚨WANTED for ASSAULT: On 10/1, at 7:24 AM, a 67-year-old male victim was walking southbound on Central Park West in the vicinity of West 70th Street, when an unidentified male struck him in the head with a closed fist, knocking him to the ground. Have info? Call/DM @NYPDTips pic.twitter.com/ZvSUPjtVdp
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 2, 2020
“He is fine but grateful for everyone’s thoughts and well wishes” a representative for Moranis said in a statement. Police are now searching for the suspect who fled the scene.
The actor’s Hollywood peers have shared their support on Twitter, including Marvel star Chris Evans who wrote: “My blood is boiling. Find this man. You don’t touch Rick Moranis.” Writer-director Judd Apatow also tweeted: “This the worst news of the last two days … This is why Rick Moranis avoided our country for decades. I guess he was right all along. We don’t deserve him.”
Moranis, who was a mainstay of 80s and 90s comedies, had been largely absent from the big screen after focusing his time on being a single father after the death of his first wife. His last notable film role was in 1997’s Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. In 2006 he was nominated for the best comedy album Grammy for The Agoraphobic Cowboy.
Recently, he had signed on for a Disney+ sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids alongside Josh Gad and appeared in an ad for a mobile phone company with fellow Canadian Ryan Reynolds.
