Owen Wilson Was on Antidepressants, Did Not Overdose
By Jane Ivory
17:03, August 30th 2007
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Owen Wilson Was on Antidepressants, Did Not Overdose

Owen Wilson’s attorney has stated that the actor did not overdose on Sunday, the day when he attempted to take his own life.

Rumors that Hollywood actor Owen Wilson had been taking drugs before slitting his left wrist are false, his attorney told Access Hollywood yesterday. Owen did not have his stomach pumped in hospital, as had been speculated.

The attorney added that Owen had been taking anti-depressants, but other than that, he knew of no other drugs in his system at the time of the suicide attempt.

Uncertainty over whether or not the emergency hospitalization was due to a suicide attempt persisted until police call logs confirmed on Tuesday it was an “attempted suicide.”

The Santa Monica City Attorney’s office will not release the 911 call made Sunday. Luke Wilson, Owen’s younger brother, was the one to find the actor in his home, bloody and dazed, and to call for an ambulance, saving his life.

“In reaching this decision the City believes that in many instances no person should have to worry about whether placing a call for emergency assistance will automatically make his or her medical request open to public review,” the City Attorney’s office said in a press release late Wednesday.

Owen and his family have kept quiet on the whole matter, understandably pleading for privacy. A curt statement from Owen, released Monday, through his publicist, Ina Treciokas, said: “I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time.”

While Owen recovers, physically and emotionally, his cinematographic projects will probably be put on hold.

It has already been announced that he will no longer appear in “Tropic Thunder,” a DreamWorks movie, already six weeks into production in Hawaii.

Owen had a cameo appearance in the ensemble comedy, which stars Jack Black, Robert Downey, Jr., and Ben Stiller. Stiller, a longtime friend of Owen’s, is also directing.

Fox Searchlight has announced that “The Darjeeling Limited,” a movie due for release on Sept. 29, which stars Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman, will debut as planned.

There had been discussions due to the fact that Owen plays a suicidal character, bandaged throughout the film.

“Following a discussion between the cast and filmmakers, all have agreed `The Darjeeling Limited' will open as planned on September 29,” Fox Searchlight said in a statement Wednesday.

Owen Wilson’s suicide attempt has been a shock to all. Smiling, humorous, radiant, Owen was not the man you would ever suspect of being profoundly unhappy… Thankfully, his attempt remains just an attempt.



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