Craig Russell from Netflix’s new documentary Cleopatra revealed that he had to have a complicated surgery for his brain tumour following the filming wrap up for the show. His doctors warned him that he could have died before the surgery.
The star, who plays the role of Marc Antony in the documentary, opened up about the health scare. Although he felt healthy during the production of the show, towards the end of the year he began to suffer from migraines, hearing loss and worsening vision.
He explained to The Mirror: “Just before Christmas, I walked
into the spare room and I couldn't remember how to get out. There was only
one door, it wasn't as if I had multiple exits to choose from.”
When
he went to get a CT scan, it was revealed that he had a brain tumour
approximately the size of a lime and had been growing for around 15 years.
He was told by his doctors that the tumour needed to be removed immediately
and that he had begun to go blind in his left eye.
“I got a call to say: ‘We need to get this out ASAP’. It was
totally unexpected. I was very teary when I told my wife, Kate – and that
they didn't know if it was cancerous or not. But she was amazing, saying,
‘we will win this.'"
