'Elvis' director recalls when an earplug fused to his eardrum: 'I spent weeks terrified'
Get ready for an earful from "Elvis" director Baz Luhrmann.
Luhrmann, 60, recently opened up to New York Magazine's The Strategist about what items he can't live without – an easel pad, a backpack, etc. But his comments on "Blu-Tack Adhesive" for his ears raised eyebrows – and earlobes.
"The two most important things when I’m flying are blocking out sound and light. I used to use those standard earplugs," the "Moulin Rouge" director began his story. "But recently, I had a very, very scary situation where I thought I lost my hearing in one ear. I was wearing children’s earplugs, and unbeknownst to me, one attached to my eardrum. I spent weeks terrified on tour. Everyone was feeding me lines and I was pretending to hear, but I couldn’t. Turns out, the earplug was stuck on my eardrum."
Yes, stuck in his eardrum.
That's what led him to pick the product in question as a must-have: "The surgeon who removed it shared a tip that rock "n" roll drummers do. You know that squishy stuff you use to put paintings up on walls? Drummers use that instead of earplugs. You place it in, it forms in your ear, it comes out really clean, and you throw it away. It’s a much safer and cleaner option for blocking sound out of your ear."
The more you know, or hear, we guess.
Review: 'Elvis' is one fried peanut butter and banana sandwich of a movie, tasty but overstuffed