Wednesday, 02 December 2009 08:00
Yes, Kurt Yaeger is an amputee. And yes, Kurt Yaeger is an actor.
"But no. I am definitely not an amputee actor," says the San Francisco native, whose athletic build, designer jeans, motorcycle boots and troublemaker smile tend to prove the point.
The only hint of a disability about Yaeger is a slightly groggy expression that he's nursing with coffee at a Mission District cafe on a recent weekday afternoon. He just finished filming his death scene near Redding earlier in the morning for the forthcoming "Hell Patrol" zombie movie.
"If I tell people about my amputated leg while I'm wearing pants, they usually say something like, 'Wow, you're really tough,' " says Yaeger, surrounded by not-so-tough-looking bookworms and skinny skateboarders. "But if I'm wearing shorts and they see my one leg it's more like (adopts hushed sympathetic tone) 'Oh. That really sucks.' "
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