Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton in “Monster’s Ball” (
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A Manhattan man who miraculously survived getting hit by a subway train over the weekend could pen a movie about his experience — he’s a big-time Hollywood screenwriter, sources said yesterday.
Will Rokos, who earned an Academy Award nomination for the Halle Berry-Billy Bob Thornton movie “Monster’s Ball,” was in critical but stable condition at Bellevue Hospital yesterday, a day after he was clipped in the head by a train while leaning over a subway platform.
Cops said Rokos was waiting inside the 14th Street station at Seventh Avenue for a No. 2 train Saturday afternoon when he leaned over to peer down the tunnel.
Suddenly, the northbound train barreled into the station, striking Rokos in the head. The impact sent him flying into the platform, where straphangers found him lying on his side.
The 57-year-old writer and actor, who lives with his wife on the Upper West Side, was semi-conscious and alert when cops arrived, officials said.
Cops said the motorman driving the train saw Rokos but couldn’t stop in time. Officials said the driver slammed on the brakes, but the train’s first five cars still pulled into the station.
Witnesses said Rokos tried to push himself up after being struck, but passengers tried to keep him still.
Rokos is best known for writing the searing 2002 racial drama for which Berry won an Academy Award as Best Actress — the first ever won by an African-American.
Rokos was up for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The movie was set in Georgia, where Rokos was born.
Rokos also played a prison warden in the film. As an actor, he has appeared on Broadway and off-Broadway.