Tom Hardy is sharing his health woes.
In a new interview, the 47-year-old actor looked back at doing the press tour for Venom: The Last Dance before hitting the road again to promote The Last Dance and then immediately started filming his new show MobLand.
Keep reading to find out more…“I got dizzy today,” Tom told 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? Like, ‘Listen, if I pass out…’”
He went on to share that he’s had “two knee surgeries now” and also has a herniated disc in his back along with sciatica.
“And I have that… is it plantar fasciitis?” Tom continued. “Where did that come from? And why? Why?! And I pulled my tendon in my hip as well. It’s like, it’s all falling to bits now, and it’s not going to get better.”
Tom then pointed out that he’s played a lot of action-heavy movies throughout his career, including Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dark Knight Rises, and Dunkirk.
“I’ve been running at something that I had to run at, to get an understanding that it’s not going anywhere,” Tom explained. “There’s only more, more, more. Of what? Stomach ulcers? Blood pressure? Your knees are going, your hair’s falling out, your teeth are wonky, you’re almost 50.”
He continued, “Maybe it’s a self-worth thing, maybe it’s not finishing school, maybe it’s not being good enough. But all this ‘I’ll show, I’ll show’… Show who? No one cares! I know I can do it. Well then, chill out.”
The Oscar-nominated actor went on to share that he’s been trying out different homeopathic treatments for his bodily ailments, including “tinctures” and even a consideration for “stem cells.”
“I think if it comes down to the wire and it seems the sensible thing to do and I take advice,” he added.
Tom also noted that he’s “at the bottom of the old-man ladder when it comes to characters,” which he now takes into consideration when he looks for new roles.
“So I’m a newcomer for [King Lear]. I’m the baby, I’ve got to grow into that, but that’s kind of where we’re at now,” Tom said. “Because you either stay on this and it’s confectionery, and it will be rewarded as such, and it’s lovely. But it doesn’t sustain the part of me that wants to grow.”
In an interview from last year, Tom shared some very rare comments about his three kids.
