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Morgan Freeman, 87, turns heads as he steps out in LA for an incognito dinner date
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Morgan Freeman, 87, turns heads as he steps out in LA for an incognito dinner date

Morgan Freeman’s fans are used to seeing the actor walk the red carpet or turn heads on the big screen.

But on November 24, he hung up his tuxedo for an informal performance in Santa Monica.

Morgan was photographed outside the famous Italian restaurant, Giorgio Baldi wearing a baseball cap, flannel shirt, slacks and sandals with socks.

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He wore a cream-colored compression glove on his left hand, which he has spoken about in the past.

The 87-year-old revealed that his hand was paralyzed after a serious car accident in 2008.

Morgan Freeman was spotted dining at the luxurious Giorgio Baldi restaurant© Background raster
Morgan Freeman was spotted dining at the luxurious Giorgio Baldi restaurant

“I suffered nerve damage and it hasn’t gotten better. I can’t move it,” he told People two years after the crash.

“If you don’t move your hand, it will swell. Do you know you move your hand about a million times a day?”

Morgan told it too Esquire that the pain “shoots up and down the arm”, and sometimes it does “unbearable.”

Morgan wears a compression glove after a terrifying car accident © Getty Images
Morgan wears a compression glove after a terrifying car accident

The crash occurred in Mississippi and he had to be cut from the vehicle by emergency responders and transported to the hospital. His vehicle rolled over several times and he was lucky to be alive.

Despite the serious accident, Morgan recovered and is still working in his eighties.

He has several upcoming projects including Coming 2 America And Vanquish.

Morgan Freeman smiles and makes a peace sign with his right hand© Getty Images
Morgan says making films is “safer” than being on stage

However, he sticks to making films as he confessed that in recent years he went on stage and forgot his lines.

Morgan described the moment as “terrifying” and said his mind went blank in front of an audience.

He became famous relatively late in his life and was almost 50 when he started receiving Oscar nominations Street smart And Riding with Mrs. Daisy.

Morgan Freeman stands on a pedestal© JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX
He has a decorated career

Morgan has had a string of box office hits — his cumulative box office now tops $11 billion — but he’s also had some flops.

His 2015 thriller Momentum has recouped £46 ($57) from its opening weekend in Britain. It cost $20 million to produce.

He is currently playing the lead role Lioness 2 alongside Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldana and he is open about why he accepted the role.

Nicole Kidman, Genesis Rodriguez, Morgan Freeman and Zoe Saldana were all smiles on the red carpet © Gilbert Flores
Morgan stars in Lioness alongside Nicole Kidman, Genesis Rodriguez and Zoe Saldana

“Number one, it’s a Taylor Sheridan project, and I’m just, number one, really happy to be in that circle.

“Number two, it’s an incredible cast that I work with – Zoe and Nicole and Michael and Bruce. Just that alone is enough.

“To top it all off, I get paid for it.”