Actor and rapper Riz Ahmed shared that he was hospitalised for “something silent and intense” while filming the ‘ Star Wars ‘ prequel ‘ Rogue One ‘, sharing “my body just kind of gave up on me,” reported People.
Ahmed said that he had to “grapple with the grief but also the acceptance” around a “very intense” health experience.
The actor was in the middle of shooting 2016’s ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ and “my body just kind of, like, gave up on me. I was extremely exhausted,” Ahmed said, sharing that he was hospitalised “for a brief period” where he had to “really try and regain my strength.”
“It was like building myself up from scratch,” he added, reported People.
“It was super scary and intense and quite prolonged actually,” the Relay star shared, revealing that “it really wasn’t clear” what was making him ill. “Something very silent and very intense had happened to me, and I wasn’t getting better quickly.”
“For a minute, I was like, ‘Am I ever going to get my life back?’ ” he said, describing the period as a “deep kind of grief and fear and terror and yet, also a kind of tremendous liberation and gratitude and acceptance.”