Last April, Eric Dane revealed to be suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SLA), better known in France under the name of Charcot’s disease. The American actor hoped that having “many possibilities of being able to continue working” evoking the shooting of the third season ofEuphoria It started in February. He plays Cal Jacobs, Nate’s father (Jacob Elordi), one of the protagonists of the series.
Guest of the show Good morning America Transmitted on Monday, June 16, he declares that he had lost the use of an arm. “The left side of my body still works, but my right side at all,” explains the American actor who states that his left arm is increasingly weak. “I have the impression that in a few months I will not have my left hand. It is depressing,” he acknowledges.
At 52, the one who became known for his role as Doctor Mark Sloan in Gray’s Anatomy And who recently played in the series Kabul In France 2 explains that his diagnosis has taken time. He says that the first symptoms reached his right hand a year and a half ago. “So I consulted a hand specialist, who addressed me to another specialist. Then I consulted a neurologist, who addressed me to another neurologist who told me that he was well above his skills.”
After nine long months of exams, doctors have diagnosed this rare and irremediable neurodegenerative disease that destroys the nerves of the brain and gradually avoid that patients speak, eat, walk or breathe alone.
“I will never forget these three letters [ALS ou LSA pour sclérose latérale amyotrophique en français, ndlr]. They are about me as soon as I wake up. It is not a bad dream. “
“I don’t have the impression that it is the end”
Tears in his eyes, also said how important the support of his wife Rebecca Gayheart was important. With the actress, he had two daughters, for those who worried him, he whose father committed suicide when he was only 7 years old.
“I am angry because my father was eliminated when I was young, and now I have a good opportunity to be separated from my daughters at a very early age.”
Despite the disease, Eric Dane intends to continue fighting as much as he can. “Basically, I do not have the impression that it is the end for me,” he admits, even if the life expectancy of patients is often very short. Three to five years after diagnosis, according to the Muscle dystrophy association.
Always present in the set ofEuphoriaThe actor will soon play in the series Countdown The first three episodes are put online this June 25 at Amazon Prime Video. Last week, in an interview for the magazine Variety He said he was “ready for everything” in the cinema, even if he had to deal with the physical “limits”.
Source: BFM TV
