The Oscar-winning actor's candid interviews with The New York Times and People magazine shed light on his harrowing experience, his brief journey to the brink of death, and his philosophical musings on the afterlife. These were the heart-stopping moments when Pacino faced the unknown, and discover why this life-altering event hasn't changed his outlook on living.
- Al Pacino had COVID
- Apparently it almost killed him
- THIS is what we know now
Al could be gone now
Al Pacino, the venerable powerhouse of the silver screen, recently dropped a bombshell about his fight against COVID-19, which nearly cost him his life.
Pacino, 84, told the Times in a wide-ranging interview that he began to feel "unusually not good" and then developed a fever and was dehydrated. "I was sitting there in my house, and I was gone," he said. "I didn’t have a pulse." It was a scenario straight out of a thriller, with Pacino at the center of a life-and-death drama.
"You’re here, you’re not. I thought: Wow, you don’t even have your memories. You have nothing. Strange porridge," the 'Scarface' actor said of his near-death experience.
"They had these outfits on that looked like they were from outer space or something," he told the paper. "It was kind of shocking to open your eyes and see that. Everybody was around me, and they said: ‘He’s back. He’s here.’"
In an interview with 'People', Pacino recounted coming back to consciousness with a sense of confusion. "I looked around and I thought, ‘What happened to me?’"
Within minutes, an ambulance showed up at Pacino’s home and he regained consciousness with six paramedics and two doctors in his living room, he said.
In moments that seemed lifted from a sci-fi movie, Pacino recounted the surreal experience of regaining consciousness to find his living room swarmed by paramedics and doctors, donned in what appeared to be space suits.
Pacino credited his great assistant for immediately contacting the paramedics when his nurse confirmed that he no longer had a pulse. "He got the people coming, because the nurse that was taking care of me said, ‘I don’t feel a pulse on this guy,’" Pacino recalled. Asked if the health scare changed the way he lives his life, Pacino said: "Not at all."
Despite his miraculous recovery, Pacino's brush with mortality left him pondering the mysteries of the afterlife. The actor shared his introspective journey, revealing that he didn't encounter the proverbial "white light" or any visions beyond. Drawing parallels with Shakespeare's Hamlet, Pacino mused on the enigmatic nature of death, suggesting that perhaps there's simply "no more."
Interestingly, Pacino asserts that this near-death experience hasn't altered his approach to life. However, he acknowledges a metaphysical shift, a deeper contemplation of existence and its cessation. As he prepares for his role in a movie adaptation of 'King Lear,' it's clear that Pacino's encounter with death has imbued his art with newfound depth.
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Pacino's remarkable survival story and his reflections on the afterlife are set to captivate readers in his upcoming autobiography, 'Sonny Boy.' It's a tale of resilience, a philosophical exploration, and a testament to the indomitable spirit of one of Hollywood's finest.
