Jeff Bridges' cancer battle left him in 'surrender mode' while filming 'The Old Man'
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Jeff Bridges struggled with his blood cancer diagnosis while shooting the CIA thriller "The Old Man" before choosing to live life to the fullest with love.
Months before, the acclaimed actor had filmed intense fight scenes for season one of the FX series where he had been "smacked around and punched in the stomach." "While I was sick, I thought I not only wouldn't go back to ‘The Old Man,’ I thought I might just kick the bucket. It got down to that." Tracy Wright is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.
"God, looking back on those, I really winced because I didn't know it at the time, but I had a 9 by 12 inch tumor in my stomach — 9 by 12 inch! — while I'm getting smacked around and punched in the stomach and stuff," Bridges told People magazine. "Didn't hurt. There was no pain. But then I had this long hiatus [from filming]."