The successful series “Avatar” seems to be accompanied by an ominous breach. It caused the second death of his fans during a screening. After a man recently died during a screening of the first film in the series, now a fan of the new film, Avatar: The Last Airbender, he died of a heart attack believed to have been caused by the excitement while watching the film “Meter “reported.
The sequel to James Cameron’s blockbuster, officially titled Avatar: The Last Airbender, hit theaters worldwide on Friday.
The film was highly anticipated by fans of the first chapter, released in 2009, and boasts an all-star cast including Kate Winslet, Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington and Sigourney Weaver.
The man, who has been identified as Lakshmireddy Srinu, had gone to see the film at a cinema hall in the Kakinada district of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh together with his younger brother. According to local reports, Srinu suffered a stroke and passed out halfway through the three-hour film. He was reportedly taken to Peddapuram government hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Dr Sanjiv Gera, director of Fortis Hospital in Noida, told The Hindustan Times that there is “continuous inflammation of our blood vessels”, especially after getting over COVID.
Explaining what may have caused Srinu’s heart attack, he added:
“Due to stress, an increase in blood pressure, as happened in this case, the arteries of the heart may have broken and this could lead to sudden cardiac arrest,” writes bgvoice.
Dr Pradeep Kumar of Aster CMI Hospital added to the publication:
“This could be due to rupture of plaque in the coronary vessels or the activation of an arrhythmia due to agitation.”
Such deaths occur during exciting matches or emotional situations.
In 2010, a 42-year-old man in Taiwan also died of a heart attack while watching the first Avatar movie. It was reported at the time that the cinema-goer had a history of hypertension and that his death was likely caused by “excessive excitement from seeing the film”.
Avatar 2 certainly made a splash in its opening weekend, grossing $135 million at the US box office. It comes after director Cameron admitted the effects-heavy sequel was “very expensive” to make and said he would need to raise $2 billion to break even, something only five films have done so far, including the first Avatar .
