Jeff Bridges’ new TV present was nonetheless in manufacturing when the veteran actor was identified with lymphoma.
He was given the information in 2020 as filming was on maintain as a result of pandemic – which led to what he describes as a two-year “health adventure”.
Speaking completely to Sky News, Bridges says: “I got cancer and chemo and then COVID on top of that. And the chemo stripped me of my immune system so I got the COVID pretty bad.
“I used to be sick for about two years and [it was] very dreamlike, you already know.”
The beloved star, identified for roles together with The Big Lebowski, True Grit, Crazy Heart and the Tron movies, says that regardless of months in hospital, he tried to see the very best within the scenario.
“Not all bad – [there were] wonderful parts about being that sick that were kind of unexpected, you know, feeling all that love coming towards me from my family and friends and from other people all over the world,” he says.
“That was [an] surprising, great feeling, after which additionally the love that that sort of triggered for me.
“I said, ‘Oh yeah, this is life, this is wonderful’, and everything became kind of hyper-precious during that time.”
In January 2021, Bridges shared an uplifting replace on his most cancers, telling followers his tumour had “drastically shrunk”.
Once he obtained higher, returning to work made his time in hospital really feel like a fever dream, he says.
“We broke for pandemic and we were off for a few months and that’s where my health adventure began.
“And then two years later, I went again to work and it was essentially the most weird feeling – it was like we had an extended weekend and I could not wait to inform my buddies this dream that I had: I used to be sick, I used to be within the hospital, you already know, all of it felt very dreamlike.
“But I’m back on my feet and thrilled to be here.”
The Oscar-winning actor, 72, says he’s now feeling nice, and glad to be selling his present – the primary time he is had a recurring position on TV since he was a toddler.
“My father, Lloyd Bridges, had done many TV series and I could tell from his experience what a tough job it was and how he was concerned that, it was difficult in that you felt you didn’t have enough time to really give it its best shot – the story and your performance and so forth – and I was a little bit concerned about that,” he says. “I think that’s what held me back from engaging in doing television.
“But now, my gosh, the good stuff that is popping out of tv and the content material, there’s a lot of it and it is such top quality, I assumed to myself, I higher experiment with this.”
Bridges says after meeting with The Old Man creator John Steinberg and others behind the series he was assured the best programme makers would be hired to work on it.
In the end, he says, it was “no totally different than making a film”.
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Packed full of action scenes – Bridges says he doesn’t think he’s ever done as many – the series tells the story of a former CIA operative on the run.
And while the show is called The Old Man, the main character doesn’t conform to elderly stereotypes – though the stas admits he has his moments.
“One of the issues that makes me really feel outdated is that I’m less than pace with all of the TikTok-ing and streaming, Facebook and telephones,” he says.
“You know, I do not do any of that, so I’m sort of left behind on that stuff. And it is actually transferring quick, I’ll let you know.”
The Old Man launches on Disney Plus on 28 September
Source: information.sky.com”