Eric Dane was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SLA), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The 52 -year -old actor shared his diagnosis with people, while declaring that his health had no impact on his plans to return for season 3 of “Euphoria”. He will be on the HBO series set in the coming days.
“I received a diagnosis of SLA. I am grateful to have my loving family by my side while we sail in this next chapter,” said Dane. “I feel lucky that I can continue to work and I can’t wait to go back to a” Euphoria “set next week. I kindly ask you to give my family and my life during this period. ”
ALS is a deadly and progressive degenerative disease that breaks down the nerves of the body, weakening muscles and causing possible paralysis, which has an impact on the ability of patients to breathe, speak and move. There is no known remedy.
On “Euphoria”, Dane plays Cal Jacobs, the strict father of the character of Jacob Elardi, Nate Jacobs. According to people, Dane will start to shoot its role for the third development season for a long time on April 14. Production on new episodes began in January, Elordi, Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney among the other confirmed distribution members to return.
“There will be a redemption (for cal),” said Dane Variety After the broadcast of season 2, teasing the trajectory of his character in future episodes. “I cannot judge the character. It is a dead end for an actor. So I did not make judgments on Cal. But I knew that ultimately there would be a moment of truth and a kind of redemption for him.”
With “Euphoria”, Dane is also loved for his multi-season tour as Dr. Mark Sloan on “Gray’s Anatomy” and for the Naval series of TNT “The Last Ship”, as well as more mean performance in “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” and “Burlesque”.
