I find the "Famous Last Words" series that Netflix is doing to be absolutely fascinating. For those that don't know, they've pre-taped about 10 interviews with celebrities and they aren't releasing them until that celebrity has died. They obviously don't share who they've done the interviews with, they just release it once the person passes away. They released Eric Dane's this morning:
Eric Dane’s Final Interview Before Death Streams on Netflix as Late Actor Shares Last Words to His Daughters: ‘I Stumbled, but I Tried… Fight Until Your Last Breath’
Eric Dane‘s final interview before his death is now streaming on
Netflix as part of the platform’s posthumous interview series “Famous Last Words,” which “gives audiences around the world the opportunity to hear from a cultural icon after they’ve passed away.” Dane, best known for his role as Dr. Mark Sloan on “Grey’s Anatomy,”
died Feb. 19, nearly 10 months after being diagnosed with ALS.
According to Netflix, Dane’s interview was “conducted under an agreement that the episode would only be aired after his death.” The streamer’s “Famous Last Words” series began last fall with a posthumous interview with Dr. Jane Goodall.
At the end of the Netflix interview, Dane gave
a direct-to-camera address to his daughters, Billie and Georgia, telling them: “These words are for you. I tried. I stumbled sometimes, but I tried. Overall we had a blast, didn’t we? I remember all the times we spent at the beach, the two of you, me and mom — in Santa Monica, Hawaii, Mexico. I see you now playing in the ocean for hours, my water babies. Those days, pun intended, were heaven. I want to tell you four things I’ve learned from this disease, and I hope you don’t just listen to me. I hope you’ll hear me.”
“First, live now. Right now. In the present. It’s hard, but I learned to do that,” Dane says. “For years, I have been wandering around mentally and lost in my head for long chunks of time, wallowing and worrying in self-pity, shame, and doubt. I’ve replayed decisions, second-guessed myself. ‘I shouldn’t have done this. I never should’ve that.’ No more. Out of pure survival, I am forced to stay in the present. But I don’t want to be anywhere else. The past contains regrets. The future remains unknown. So you have to live now. The present is all you have. Treasure it. Cherish every moment.”
Eric Dane gave his final interview before his death from ALS to Netflix and he gives his final words of advice to his daughters.
variety.com
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