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Rocky IV actor Dolph Lundgren, who has roles in the upcoming The Expendables 4 and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, has revealed an eight-year battle with cancer that was considered terminal prior to what he says was a more successful round of treatment.
In an interview on the syndicated interview series In Depth With Graham Bensinger, Lundgren says he was first diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2015, information he’s sharing now for the first time. After surgery, he remained symptom-free for about five years but during a doctor visit during a trip to Sweden in 2020 was found to have additional tumors in the kidney and liver areas.
At that point, the actor says, he was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer with only 2-3 years to live. He says that at the time he thought, “I’ve had a great life. I’ve live like five lifetimes in one. So it wasn’t like I felt bitter but I felt sorry for my kids and my fiancé.”
Eventually Lundgren sought an additional opinion from oncologist Dr. Alexandra Drakaki of UCLA Medical Center, and was placed on a more recently-developed medicinal treatment. Lundgren says the treatment – which he underwent while filming both The Expendables 4 and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom – has proven effective in reducing the size of the tumors by 90%.
According to Lundgren, he now needs to have an additional surgery, but he’s optimistic that after the operation he’ll have “no cancer activity.” Dr. Drakaki says during the video segment that she now hopes Lundgren’s survival rate will be measured in “years” rather than “months.”
“My hope and goal is to try to keep him on this medication as long as possible and just keep getting biopsies as things change within his body to try to identify newer targets for treatment,”
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Dolph Lundgren has recently revealed that he almost punched Sylvester Stallone on the set of The Expendables.The Swedish actor, who has been friends with Stallone for decades and played his nemesis in 1985’s Rocky IV, shared in an upcoming episode of In Depth With Graham Bensinger that he almost got into blows with Stallone.“He was very harsh on me in a scene in The Expendables, where he kind of yelled at me in front of the whole crew and had me do about 20 takes on a scene,” Lundgren recalled of the Stallone-directed film.“It was like, ‘My grandmother could do it better than that. What the fuck, what are you doing?’ You know, basically in front of everybody. And there was press there that day too, international press,” he added.Lundgren explained that after a lunch break, he called his wife to vent.
Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone have known each other for decades, with Lundgren playing Stallone's nemesis in 1985's "Rocky IV." With a friendship that long-lasting, it's natural to butt heads every once in a while, and Lundgren recently revealed that they did just that while filming 2010's "The Expendables" – to the point where he wanted to attack Stallone and quit the movie. "We had some good times and bad times, kind of like family to some degree," Lundgren explained in an upcoming episode of "In Depth With Graham Bensinger." "He was very harsh on me in a scene in ‘The Expendables,’ where he kind of yelled at me in front of the whole crew and had me do about 20 takes on a scene," he said of the Stallone-directed film. "It was like, ‘My grandmother could do it better than that.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Dolph Lundgren revealed on “In Depth With Graham Bensinger” that he nearly punched Sylvester Stallone during the making of their 2010 ensemble action movie “The Expendables.” Stallone helmed the film himself, marking the second time he directed Lundgren in a movie after 1985’s “Rocky IV.” “We had some good times and bad times, kinda like family to some degree,” Lundgren said about his long-standing working relationship with Stallone. “He was very harsh on me in a scene in ‘The Expendables’ where he kinda yelled at me in front of the whole crew and had me do about 20 takes on a scene. It was like, ‘My grandmother could do it better than that. What the fuck, what are you doing?’ You know, basically in front of everybody. And there was press there that day too, international press.”
Dolph Lundgren has shared the sad news that he's been battling cancer for eight years.The action movie star, 65, who is perhaps best known for his portrayal as Ivan Drago, the titular character's nemesis in the Rocky films, has said that he blames his steroid use for leading to his cancer battle. Speaking on In Depth with Graham Besinger, the actor revealed that he was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2015. At the time he had surgery to remove the cancer, which was successful, and went into remission.
Dolph Lundgren is opening up about his health struggles.
. «They did a scan to prepare for surgery. And the surgeon called me and said, 'No, it's grown now.
Dolph Lundgren – best known for his role as Ivan Drago in the Rocky franchise – has revealed in a new interview that he has secretly been battling cancer for eight years.Speaking to In Depth with Graham Bensinger, the Swedish actor shared that he first brush with cancer came in 2015, when a cancerous tumour was discovered in his kidney. The tumour was removed and scans came back clean for the next five years until more tumours were discovered in 2020.In a clip shared with Graham Bensinger taken the day after Ludgren’s 2020 surgery, he revealed that six tumours were removed during his operation.