Bruce Campbell is sharing a new update about his cancer diagnosis and how he is approaching the years ahead.
The 68-year-old actor, best known for playing Ash Williams in the Evil Dead franchise, first disclosed in March that he had been diagnosed with a form of cancer that is treatable but not curable. He has not publicly shared the type of cancer.
During a new appearance on The Adam Carolla Show, Bruce discussed his prognosis while talking about his new movie Ernie & Emma.
When host Adam Carolla asked about his earlier health news, Bruce described the cancer as something that is still present rather than a past health scare.
“The current thing is a five-year deal,” he said during the episode, to which Adam followed up with the question: “So the prognosis is you have five years to live?”
“Give or take,” the horror icon confirmed.
Bruce continued, “I’ve decided, pretty specifically, to live with it, not die from it,” adding that he does not want to lose himself in online cancer forums or other people’s experiences with the disease.
The update comes six months after Bruce announced his diagnosis. At the time, he called the cancer “treatable, not curable” and stepped back from some conventions and professional appearances to prioritize treatment. He also told fans that he expected “to be around a while.”
Bruce previously provided a health update in August
More recently, Bruce told PauseRewind (via FOX11News) that he was not experiencing symptoms and viewed the illness as an ongoing condition to manage. “When nothing is symptomatic, I don’t even know that I have anything,” he said in the August interview.
Bruce is now moving forward with an 18-city screening tour for Ernie & Emma, which began September 4 in Los Angeles. He wrote, directed, produced and stars in the road-trip comedy about a widowed pear salesman carrying out his late wife’s request to scatter her ashes in a series of places.
The tour is scheduled to continue through November. You can find the current dates on the movie’s official website.
Bruce is also closely associated with the latest installment in his signature horror franchise. Find out what happens during the two Evil Dead Burn post-credit scenes.
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