Eric Dane’s Voice Noticeably Deteriorating, 8 Months After ALS Reveal
Let’s turn now to Eric Dayne breaking his silence after his role on NBC’s Brilliant Minds, playing a firefighter with ALS. It was hard and there were moments where it was very difficult for me to get the lines out. Nobody survives this. We both know that. I’ve never played a character who’s going through something I’m dealing with in real time, in real life as well. Eric with labored speech spoke out yesterday during a virtual panel for the I am ALS organization. I’m fairly limited in what I can do physically. How did they accommodate Eric when he came? We really wanted to meet him where he was on each given day. So that was a collaborative process. Since being diagnosed in April, the 53-year-old actor has had difficulty standing and walking. So, his scenes were written mostly seated. And look closely. Eric is chewing gum. Why? He revealed that helps stave off symptoms of the neurodeenerative disease like brain fog. The director said, “We’re going to pick a couple scenes where he’s chewing gum.” It came to kind of in the moment. I don’t feel like my life is about me anymore. Obviously, I have a family at home, but this is such a big deal to me. You want to make sure that people are aware of what ALS is and what it’s about and more importantly what we can do to combat it. The dad of two teen girls who’s filmed two other series since his terminal diagnosis, including Euphoria season 3, is determined to keep working. I’m willing to do just about anything. I’ll take on any role, but I think from here on out it’s going to have to be ALS ccentric. When it came chewing gum,
In a virtual panel for I Am ALS on Giving Tuesday, Eric Dane’s voice sounded strained as he discussed his time filming ‘Brilliant Minds,’ on which he played a patient battling the same neurodegenerative disease he’s lived with since being diagnosed in April. As his condition worsens, Eric is committed to his craft and plans to seek out more roles where the character is also living with ALS.
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