Sherlock star Amanda Abbington has described her 'incredible' fiancé's positivity despite being paralysed for life after a near-fatal accident. Escapologist Jonathan Goodwin, a former Britain's Got Talent and America's Got Talent contestant, suffered extensive injuries when a stunt went wrong in October last year.
Just weeks before, Amanda and Jonathan had become entangled in a whirlwind romance, which saw the stuntman propose to her after just seven weeks of speaking over the phone. Jonathan flew out to Vienna, where Amanda was filming, after working in Hamburg, and popped the question during his first meeting with her.
Speaking to food critic Jay Rayner on his 'Out To Lunch' podcast, Amanda revealed the severity of her husband-to-be's injuries as a result of the extreme stunt going wrong. She said: "He was doing a stunt where there were two cars suspended, he was hanging upside down with a straightjacket on, they were supposed to release the cars just as he gets out of the straightjacket and falls onto an airbag.
