Patrick Swayze To Start Work On New TV Drama
June 7, 2008, 6:38 pm PDT
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Patrick Swayze will start work this summer on a new drama series for A&E.
Reports from Swayze, whose battle with pancreatic cancer was revealed earlier this year, and from his doctors were behind a decision by A&E and Sony Pictures Television, who are producing the show, to green light the production, the NY Times reported.
"I can't wait to get to work on this," Swayze told the paper in an e-mail.
The drugs and experimental treatment Swayze has been undergoing have made going ahead with the project, where Swayze will play an FBI agent with a colorful past, possible according to Bob DeBitto, A&E's executive vice president and general manager.
"Obviously we've had candid conversations with him and his doctors, and we have a fairly high degree of expectation that Patrick will be good to work a full production schedule," DeBitto told the paper.
A&E were one day away from announcing "The Beast" in their primetime line up in March when Swayze gave them the news about his cancer diagnosis. The actor told producers and studio heads however, that he was determined to be fit enough to take on "The Beast" at a later date.
"He was very passionate about the role," Sony studio executive Jamie. Erlicht said. "He called us personally after he got the news and he told us: 'Guys, I have some horrible news. But if you can be patient and stand by me, I'm going to come back and do the show.' "
"He said: 'I'm in great condition. I'm a cowboy. I'm a dancer. I'll beat this,'" Sony executive Zack Van Amburg added.
The show will be shot in Chicago.
Swayze's doctors are in California, but will monitor him closely, with the aide of Chicago doctors, the Times reported.
膵臓がんにかかっていた俳優のパトリックスエイジー『ダーティーダンシング』『ゴースト』の男優）がテレビドラマに復活という記事があった。
担当医もゴーサインを出したとのこと。
アメリカって本当に癌と戦う国だなあ。
すごい例としては、ツールドフランスで連勝を重ねたランスアームストロングは９６年睾丸がんにかかった。
精子まで凍結して、抗がん剤を投与して、治療で落ちた体重が逆に功を奏して自転車に生きた。凍結した精子はその後結婚した女性にちゃーんと使用され、見事子供まで授かった。
彼のカムバックは半ば伝説だが、アメリカだから、アメリカ人だったからこそ可能ではなかろうか。
歴史のあるヨーロッパでも日本でも無理だったのではと思う。
この国は歴史がない分、何をやってもOKな国だ。
チャレンジしたら褒められてもけなされることはない。
治療もそう。
治療ってすごくお国柄が出る。
果たしてパトリックスエイジーがどこまで頑張って生き様を見せてくれるか、それでどれだけの人が己に喝を入れられるか。
自分にも喝を入れねばいかん。
June 7, 2008, 6:38 pm PDT
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Patrick Swayze will start work this summer on a new drama series for A&E.
Reports from Swayze, whose battle with pancreatic cancer was revealed earlier this year, and from his doctors were behind a decision by A&E and Sony Pictures Television, who are producing the show, to green light the production, the NY Times reported.
"I can't wait to get to work on this," Swayze told the paper in an e-mail.
The drugs and experimental treatment Swayze has been undergoing have made going ahead with the project, where Swayze will play an FBI agent with a colorful past, possible according to Bob DeBitto, A&E's executive vice president and general manager.
"Obviously we've had candid conversations with him and his doctors, and we have a fairly high degree of expectation that Patrick will be good to work a full production schedule," DeBitto told the paper.
A&E were one day away from announcing "The Beast" in their primetime line up in March when Swayze gave them the news about his cancer diagnosis. The actor told producers and studio heads however, that he was determined to be fit enough to take on "The Beast" at a later date.
"He was very passionate about the role," Sony studio executive Jamie. Erlicht said. "He called us personally after he got the news and he told us: 'Guys, I have some horrible news. But if you can be patient and stand by me, I'm going to come back and do the show.' "
"He said: 'I'm in great condition. I'm a cowboy. I'm a dancer. I'll beat this,'" Sony executive Zack Van Amburg added.
The show will be shot in Chicago.
Swayze's doctors are in California, but will monitor him closely, with the aide of Chicago doctors, the Times reported.
膵臓がんにかかっていた俳優のパトリックスエイジー『ダーティーダンシング』『ゴースト』の男優）がテレビドラマに復活という記事があった。
担当医もゴーサインを出したとのこと。
アメリカって本当に癌と戦う国だなあ。
すごい例としては、ツールドフランスで連勝を重ねたランスアームストロングは９６年睾丸がんにかかった。
精子まで凍結して、抗がん剤を投与して、治療で落ちた体重が逆に功を奏して自転車に生きた。凍結した精子はその後結婚した女性にちゃーんと使用され、見事子供まで授かった。
彼のカムバックは半ば伝説だが、アメリカだから、アメリカ人だったからこそ可能ではなかろうか。
歴史のあるヨーロッパでも日本でも無理だったのではと思う。
この国は歴史がない分、何をやってもOKな国だ。
チャレンジしたら褒められてもけなされることはない。
治療もそう。
治療ってすごくお国柄が出る。
果たしてパトリックスエイジーがどこまで頑張って生き様を見せてくれるか、それでどれだけの人が己に喝を入れられるか。
自分にも喝を入れねばいかん。
アームストロングは有名ですね。しかし、凍結した精子で子供を授かったというニュースは知りませんでした。
癌克服だけで大変なのに、いろいろ頑張る人がいるなあ。