Following an impressive Hollywood-style car crash in Mississippi on Sunday night, actor Morgan Freeman is said, by media analysts throughout Hollywood, to be in a "critically acclaimed" condition.

The actor, universally admired for his considerable contribution to the world of acting, has seen his popularity rise as a result of widespread national sympathy of his accident.

The star of Driving Miss Daisy and The Shawshank Redemption is now being touted for a life time achievement award by the Film Writer's Association on the basis that "he nearly fucking died".

"It's nothing unusual", said one analyst.

"I mean just look at when the gullible British public offered their reappraisals of Richard Hammond or Kylie Minogue. And don't get me started on Diana".

Freeman's enhanced popularity comes just months after his Batman co-star, Heath Ledger, successfully fooled the American Public into recognising him as a legend, following his untimely death in January.