Academy-nominated action star Tom Hardy has devastating news. Already in his middle age, the 47-year-old actor recently started reflecting on his career choices that ultimately affected his health.
Tom Hardy's Concerning Health Announcement: "It's Not Going to Get Better"
Hardy, best known for his roles as Eames in Inception, Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, and Eddie Brock/Venom in the Venom franchise and for his commitment to bringing intense characters to life, may have to start taking things down a notch.
"I got dizzy today," he told in a recent interview with Esquire, "I took a Sudafed and it's starting to work, so I feel better, but in the interviews, I was sitting there, and you know when you feel not right, but you can't tell someone you don't feel right?"
Despite the news, the Mad Max star still managed to joke about potentially passing out in the middle of the interview before he'd get the chance to explain the other health concerns burdening him.
"I've had two knee surgeries now, my disc's herniated in my back, I've got sciatica as well," he shared, "And I have that... is it plantar fasciitis? Where did that come from? And why? Why?!"
Note: it's a stabbing pain-like condition in which the thick band of tissue is inflamed on the bone connecting the heel to the toes. Not to mention, he added, he pulled a tendon in his hip.
"It's like, it's all falling to bits now, and it's not going to get better."
The Venom Star is Taking Advice and Working Through It, Though
However, like many actors trying to keep fit and healthy at their age, Hardy is no stranger to possible remedies that could improve his condition.
He unveiled some of the things he's currently committing to, "I did the posturing bit of boxing and hitting mitts, and trying to be a bloke," he said, "But ultimately, I was sort of scared of blokes, because there's so many of them, and there's always one stronger than you."
"You know, somehow you're supposed to be able to look after yourself in this wicked world, but in a numbers game, it's not possible to be the strongest," he explained, "So eventually, I was like, 'Just have a go, who cares who wins.' And of course, I care who wins, but you spend the first couple of years trying to forget it. You're not winning anything. It's very humiliating, in the right way."
Astonishingly, on his journey to a healthier life, he earned his purple belt and called the martial art "a submission sport."
As he said, "It's about stopping your opponent." They "submit to defeat or you choke them."
If all else fails, he admits he would consider doing stem cell treatment, "Probably, yeah." He added, "I think if it comes down to the wire and it seems the sensible thing to do, and I take advice."
In the meantime, you can check out Tom Hardy's moves in the all-new action thriller HAVOC, streaming on Netflix.
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