Antonio Banderas said that the heart attack he suffered six years ago changed his life for the better, reports “Daily Mail”.
The 62-year-old actor described the life-threatening situation as a turning point from which he was able to recognize what was important in his life.
Almodovar’s favorite spoke to Radio Times magazine about his latest film, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and the subject of death was also touched upon. Banderas voices the Cat himself in the animation, which has been in theaters since last year.
Explaining what it has to do with the film, he said: “I had a heart attack six years ago. It was probably one of the best things that happened in my life. It was like putting on glasses and seeing what was important. I went back to Spain and started looking at my professional life from a different point of view. So I connect the story of the film with aspects of my personal life. I think it’s a beautiful message and I think it’s delivered properly. I’m just looking for the enjoyment of acting now. I don’t care about anything else. For me life begins when someone says ‘Action’ or when the curtain rises”.
Antonio is now in good shape – last year he posed at a social event with model Carla Pereira
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Antonio was rushed to hospital in 2017 after he felt chest pains while working out, which was later determined to be a heart attack. Some time ago, he said that his girlfriend, Nicole Kimpel, saved his life by giving him one of the strongest aspirins she bought for a headache the day before the heart attack. When he felt the symptoms, she put the pill in his mouth.
With his girlfriend Nicole, who saved his life
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The actor, who doesn’t drink, changed his priorities and gave up cigarettes, which he says was “one of the stupidest things I’ve ever done in my life”.
He and Salma Hayek “partner” voices in Puss in Boots, in which she voices Kitty Paws.
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