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In January 2006, actor Joaquin Phoenix overturned his car on a road above Sunset Boulevard.

Herzog, who lived nearby, helped him get out of the car.

A few days later, while Herzog was giving an interview to Mark Kermode for the BBC, an unknown individual shot Herzog with an air rifle during filming.

Herzog continued the interview and showed his wound on camera but acted as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened, remarking, " It is not a significant bullet.