Few Hollywood stars look like its most iconic characters. However, when it comes to Jeff Bridges, he seems to bear a striking resemblance to one of them his favorite characters The Coen brothers’ boyfriend the big Lebowski, as you tend to go with the flow and play the hand you are dealt. The Dude remains, as does Bridges. When he thunder the actor revealed that he had been diagnosed with cancer in 2020, he did it in the coldest way possible by quoting his Los Angeles slacker bowler persona in a tweet. “As Dude would say… New SHIT was born…”
Now one of the bridges the old co-stars Amy Brenneman candid about what it was like to work with the actor as he battled cancer and covid-19 simultaneously while filming his FX action drama. They Judging Amy said alum people that Bridges was kept “alive” during his diagnosis. The actress also says the time she spent every minute with Bridges for over 60 days changed her. Brenneman told the publication:
I have been with Jeff Bridges every day for 60 days. I mean, we literally don’t interact with anyone else, and because of that, I’ve changed. I was still with Jeff and… then he was diagnosed with cancer. Honestly, during cancer, I was in a good mood.
Brenneman added that Bridges kept in touch with her while she was in treatment. According to the actress, the Against all odds the actor called her while “high” on steroids he’d reportedly receive during his chemotherapy treatments. These are calls that he said he found “nice.” She added:
When he was a little on steroids, he called me. I was like, are you in this part of the chemo cycle? So cute.
Amy Brenneman said things were much scarier after her friend and co-star contracted covid-19 and had to battle two diagnoses at once, which Bridges admitted in previous interviews the combination of chemo and covid nearly killed him . They Heat The actress added that her co-star’s “radio silence” gave her an insight into how fiercely he was fighting for his life. She said:
He’s like that… because he’s such a good communicator, I say fuck he’s fighting for his life and he did it.
Brenneman has revealed that she considers Bridges her role model and an inspiration. He says that because he’s older than her but still creative, he thinks that’s the way to “do it” when an actor gets older. The actress added:
You look at people who are 15 or 20, who are still creative, who are still brilliant, and you say, this is how we do it.
We can all probably learn something from Jeff Bridges’ perseverance and formidable attitude in the face of life-threatening situations.
Two years after being diagnosed with lymphoma, Jeff Bridges has provided an update on his disease, revealing her cancer was in remission . He also took the time to thank all of his support the co-stars and FX for “as long” as he needed to heal.
It’s a shame that Jeff Bridges had to deal with such a difficult diagnosis as cancer. However, it’s nice to know that he’s now in remission and has been able to maintain a positive mental attitude, which has definitely helped battle the disease and has also inspired other actors like his co-star Amy Brenneman.
You can see the 73-year-old actor still holding his own action movie stars opposite Brenneman in their hit drama series the former, now streaming to anyone with a Hulu subscription .
Source: Cinemablend
