Dolph Lundgren Discusses Lung Cancer In New Interview – Hollywood Life

Anette Qviberg, Dolph Lundgren, Ida Lundgren, Greta Lundgren
Ida Lundgren graduation, Stockholm Opera House, Sweden - 28 May 2016 — Image Credit: Stewart Cook/Shutterstock

Iconic Rocky actor Dolph Lundgren revealed in a brand new interview that he’s been battling lung most cancers for eight years. In a brand new interview on In Depth with Graham Besinger, the 65-year-old actor opened up about his prognosis, saying that it got here in 2015, then went into remission. “In 2020, I was back in Sweden and I had some kind of acid reflux, I didn’t know what it was so I did an MRI,” he instructed Graham. “They discovered that there have been just a few extra tumors round that space. They discovered yet one more tumor within the liver, so I used to be like aw s****, okay.

The Expendables star then defined that was when he realized how critical the situation was. “At that point it started to hit me that this was something serious,” he continued. “The surgeon called me and said it had grown, it was too big, it had grown to the size of a small lemon. I asked them how long do I have left, I think he said 2-3 years but I could tell in his voice he thought it was less. I thought that was it for sure.”

During the interview, Dolph additionally shared a clip from the hospital, even carrying a hospital robe. “It’s the day after my surgery, they took out one tumor, then they took out another two they found and another three small ones,” he instructed followers within the video. “Hopefully it’s cleaned out, if it dies, it dies.”

Dolph is presently engaged to Emma Krokdal, 26, who shared throughout the interview when she realized it was “worse” than they thought. “His mouth got really sore, his hands got sore and he couldn’t eat anything,” she mentioned. “That was a struggle, he was losing weight. We realized it was a lot worse than we thought, they started talking about tumors in the lung, stomach, spine, outside the kidneys.”

Dolph additionally floated a concept throughout the interview of why the most cancers occurred. “I tried steroids back in the 80s, 90s,” he admitted. “I don’t know if that is something to do with the cancer, of course it struck me as it could have something to do with it. I thought about it, you always think you’ve made a mistake. I think maybe there is some connection between testosterone therapy and cancer.”

Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone — Dolph and Sylvester Stallone face off in ‘Rocky.’ (MGM /Everett Collection)

The famously buff actor mentioned his steroid use was straight associated to his work within the films. “I was on steroids when I was younger, on and off for maybe ten years,” he mentioned. “Depending on the kind of movie I made.” Despite the grim information, nevertheless, Dolph appears to have discovered a silver lining. “You just appreciate being lucky enough to be alive, and you appreciate every moment there is,” he mentioned.