Jeff Bridgesfamous 74-year-old actor and Oscar winner, has announced that he is in remission after being diagnosed with lymphoma in 2020. During his attendance at the 49th Chaplin Prize Gala, Bridges revealed to PageSix his positive state of health and reflected on his close experience with death during treatment in 2021.
“My health is great”said the actor remembered for his iconic role in The Big Lebowski. Bridges also expressed that he doesn’t spend much time reflecting on his fight against the disease, emphasizing his relief at overcoming that difficult time.
“Being a victim of a disease like this teaches you a lot”, he commented in an interview with Page Six. “It’s amazing how the mind can leave all that behind. I’m not thinking too much about the past”, detailed the Hollywood veteran.
Bridges initially shared his diagnosis of lymphoma, a cancer that affects the lymphatic system, in October 2020 via Twitter. On that occasion, a little over three years ago, Jeff highlighted the serious challenge of facing his illness, but he also showed great optimism.
“Although it is a serious illness, I feel lucky to have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good.. “I am going to start treatment and will keep you informed of my recovery,” Bridges wrote in the aforementioned post.
In accordance with his promise, Bridges kept his followers informed about his progress, indicating in December 2020 how his treatment was going. “Two months later, I feel good”he declared in a publication on his website.
Subsequently, the first positive news about his condition would arrive in January 2021. “The tumor has shrunk drastically.”, he shared. “I came home delighted with the news,” the actor explained on that occasion.
Finally, in September 2021, Bridges announced that she was officially in remission. “The 9″ x 12″ mass has been reduced to the size of a marble.”he wrote on his website, breaking the good news for all his followers.
On that same platform, Bridges reflected on his closeness to death during his fight against cancer, which made him value life even more. “I was close to death, but that made me appreciate life in a deeper way”he claimed.
“Although I had moments of tremendous pain (singing loudly, a kind of moan throughout the night) as I approached the Pearly Gates, in general, I felt happy and cheerful most of the time,” said the artist.
As a final reflection, Bridges wrote his greatest understanding of the entire experience he had to go through: “This brush with mortality has brought me a true gift: LIFE IS BRIEF AND BEAUTIFUL. LOVE SURROUNDS US AND IS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES”.
Among other news, Jeff Bridges will join the cast of Tron: Aresmarking his third participation in the science fiction franchise of disney. In this installment, Bridges will join Jared Leto, who will lead the cast of this new installment. Production on the film is scheduled to begin in Vancouver in January, according to Deadline.
In Tron: AresLeto will play a highly advanced program called Aressent from the digital world to the real one on a dangerous mission, resulting in humanity’s first encounter with artificially intelligent beings.
The cast also includes Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan and Gillian Anderson. The direction is in charge of Joachim Rønningknown for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead men tell no tales and Maleficent: master of evilafter his acclaimed work on Kon-Tiki.
The franchise tron He began his legacy in 1982 with a film of the same name starring Jeff Bridges in the role of Kevin Flynn, a video game creator. Although it performed modestly at the box office during its release, the film became a cult classic.
He followed Tron:Legacy in 2010, introducing Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde in the distribution, and raised a little more than USD 400 million of dollars in its debut during the Christmas season.
