Shannen Doherty otvorila je priču o tome kako je saznanje da boluje od raka 2015. te kako je to utjecalo na njezino snimanje filma 'Bethany'.
Tijekom epizode svog podcasta, Let's Be Clear, od 12. veljače, s redateljem i scenaristom Jamesom Cullenom Bressackom, 52-godišnja glumica rekla je da je primila vijest o dijagnozi raka samo tjedan ili dva prije početka snimanja.
Doherty je 2015. za PEOPLE otkrila da ima rak dojke, koji je otišao u remisiju 2017., ali se vratio 2020. u stadiju 4. U naslovnici za PEOPLE iz 2023., Doherty je rekla da se rak proširio na njezine kosti.
Bressack, koji je režirao Bethany, prepričao je epizodu: "Nazvala si me kad si tek počela uzimati lijekove i rekla: 'Nisam sigurna mogu li to odraditi.' Uvjeravao sam te: 'Ako ne možeš, pronaći ćemo rješenje, ali vjerujem da će ti odvraćanje pažnje radom biti korisno.'"
Nastavio je: "I pojavila si se i dala sve od sebe. Sjećam se jednog slučaja kada si se, možda zbog lijekova, borila s određenim govorom, onim u kojem se suočavaš sa sobom u ogledalu… ", ispričao je.
Doherty, koja u filmu tumači Susan, analizirala je poteškoće s kojima se suočavala pokušavajući se usredotočiti na glumu usred svoje dijagnoze.
Prisjetila se da je posebno izazovna bila scena koju spominje Bressack, u kojoj se morala gledati u ogledalo i dodirivati svoje lice. Zatekla se kako stalno zaboravlja svoje rečenice, što je rijetkost za nekoga tko je poznat po besprijekornom pamćenju.
"Um su mi obuzele misli o raku - što to znači i što je pred nama - i odjednom sam se suočila s ovim monologom koji je djelovao potpuno nepovezano", rekla je.
Nakon rasprave, Doherty i Bressack odlučili su pristupiti sceni bez riječi, crpeći inspiraciju iz tihog intenziteta Roberta De Nira u The Godfather Part II.
"Predložila si da sve preneseš pogledom, prisjetio se Bressack. "I jesi. Pogledala si se u ogledalo, suze su krenule, a nisi progovorila ni riječ. Sve je bilo u tvom izrazu lica."
Los Angeles, CA - Shannen Doherty breaks down in tears as she reveals she has stage 4 cancer in Good Morning America interview. Doherty revealed on GMA that her cancer had come back - then just hours later, her lawyers said in court papers that she was dying. Doherty, 48, said in court filings that she is dying of stage 4 terminal cancer and that she is being kept from living out her remaining days by insurance company State Farm, which she says will not give her money to repair damage caused to her home by the 2018 wildfires. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 then went into remission in 2017. She learned the cancer had come back aggressively early last year and has kept it private since then but wanted to reveal it this week before it became public in the court papers that are part of her ongoing lawsuit against insurance company State Farm. State Farm has given her $1.1million since the fire but she says the damage to her home and property is $4million. She has also spent hundreds of thousands more on temporary housing and now she says the company has caused her additional stress. In her GMA interview, Doherty said she wanted to get ahead of the court filings becoming public and 'control the narrative'. "It’s going to come out in a matter of days or week that I am Stage 4, my cancer came back and that’s why I am here," she revealed. "It’s a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways. I'm petrified. I'm pretty scared. I'd rather people hear it from me. I don't want it to be twisted, a court document. I want it to be real and authentic. I want to control the narrative. I want people to know from me."
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Doherty se složila: "To je trenutak na koji sam posebno ponosna kao glumac", rekla je. "Vjerujem da je puno veći izazov prenijeti sve samo kroz izraz; riječi često mogu biti štaka."
U siječnju, u drugoj epizodi njezina podcasta, Doherty i njezin gost, onkolog dr. Lawrence Piro, razgovarali su o tome kako su se liječenja raka razvila posljednjih godina, kao i glumičinoj nadi da će joj budući napredak omogućiti da nastavi živjeti punim plućima.
