Robert Knepper on the set of Prison Break as T-Bag (M Spencer Green/Associated Press)
On screen he may be a heinous villain, but in real life, Prison Break star Robert Knepper is a big softie. Honest.
Knepper, who plays T-Bag in the hit show, was in Vancouver filming the reboot this week, when he spotted a Canada goose looking lost – and decided to help.
“Sometimes life reminds us what a beautiful feeling it is to care about others,” wrote Knepper in an epic Instagram post on what turned out to be a great goose escape.
Knepper and wife Nadine Kary saw the goose at Main and Terminal, outside McDonald’s, “thinking to itself, ‘WTF? I’m in the middle of the #!%? city, away from my home!'”
According to the actor, whose parents were both veterinarians, the goose tried to fly away but was hit by an oncoming car, so it hobbled back to the McDonald’s flower bed.
“Suddenly, humanity came together to help this poor goose,” wrote Knepper, as he describes how he and his wife doubled back and “careened” into the parking lot.
Working with a TransLink supervisor, the pair captured the goose, covering it with Knepper’s hoodie and placing it in a box donated by McDonald’s.
They then rushed the distressed goose to an emergency animal clinic, where Knepper was told the goose would be taken to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, in Burnaby.
But that wasn’t their last encounter.
“When we returned to our hotel, I shook out my hoodie, expecting a load of goose poop. Instead, one lone goose feather fell softly to the ground,” wrote Knepper.
“I’d like to think it was a sign from the goose saying, ‘Hey, thanks for taking the time to help out somebody who took a wrong turn.'”