Oscar-winning British director reveals secret cancer diagnosis two years ago

Blitz and 12 Years A Slave manager Steve McQueen battled prostate cancer successful concealed 2 years ago.

The 55-year-old British manager has revealed helium was diagnosed with the unwellness soon earlier helium started filming his caller World War II movie Blitz.

He was forced to propulsion the sprout backmost by 2 weeks truthful helium could acquisition country to region a cancerous tumour, but was determined to support moving contempt his health crisis.

‘[I] discovered that I had developed this cancer, this tumour, a tiny tumour, and truthful evidently caught it very, very, early,’ helium told Deadline.

‘I delayed the sprout by 2 weeks and past had the procedure.’

The Hollywood manager spent 2 days successful infirmary and past had astir 2 weeks disconnected earlier helium got backmost to enactment connected the film.

He added: ‘I was conscionable doing worldly successful furniture connected the computer, working, emailing and whatever, but I kept it backstage astatine that stage…

‘Two weeks aft the process I was connected acceptable shooting [the film].’

Steve revealed helium didn’t archer immoderate of the Blitz formed and unit astir his unwellness due to the fact that helium didn’t privation them to beryllium ‘concerned’.

Only his woman and adjacent household members knew astir the diagnosis astatine the time.

Steve added: ‘I truly conscionable wanted to get connected with the job. And that’s benignant of similar who I am. I’m a ‘get connected with it’ benignant of person.’

The filmmaker added that he’s present ‘fully recovered and afloat functional’ and puts his betterment down to aboriginal detection of the cancer.

‘The cancer’s gone and that’s down to aboriginal detection,’ helium explained. ‘It’s a crab that if you observe early, it’s wholly survivable and curable.’

Steve – whose begetter died of the aforesaid crab – had regular check-ups and helium is adamant men shouldn’t disregard imaginable problems.

He recommends they should instrumentality portion successful regular screenings to marque definite immoderate issues are picked up early.

Blitz has been met with rave reviews, arsenic Metro wrote he perfected lump-in-throat filmmaking with the World War Two, Hans Zimmer-scored drama.

Blitz centres astir a household – gramps Gerald (played by Paul Weller) his girl Rita (Saoirse Ronan) and grandson, protagonist George (played by newcomer Elliot Heffernan) – who unrecorded successful the East End during Nazi Germany’s bombing run of 1940-41.

The epic was released successful UK cinemas connected November 1, and volition past beryllium disposable to watercourse connected Apple TV+ connected November 22.

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