Life's A Fight. Don’t Let It Break You: Dolph Lundgren On Trauma, Stardom & Cancer
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He said, yeah, you probably have about three years left, but I can't believe that I was that close to dying. Dolph Longring, one of Hollywood's best-known action heroes, up there with the most iconic action stars of the 1980s. There's no way like him. Period. End of story.
I wanted to get away from my dad, and he kind of kicked me and I flew into some bookshelf and hit my head and I was bleeding. I could hijack this feeling to play an action character. What if I make it like the ultimate lab creation? I must break you. I must break you.
It turned out to be uh kidney cancer. This guy says it's over, but what about let me try this person? I found out later that those were the wrong drugs. I was misdiagnosed. Within four weeks everything was shrinking.
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