al Pacino Opening up about a particularly scary moment while suffering from COVID-19.
The 84-year-old “Godfather” actor shared that he had a near-death experience where his heart stopped — and paramedics had to bring him back to life.
Pacino told the new York Times He said in an interview published Saturday that he was “sitting in my house and I was gone” after collapsing unconscious while battling the virus at an undisclosed time.
“I had no pulse,” he recalled. “Within minutes they were there – an ambulance in front of my house. There were about six paramedics in that living room of mine, and two doctors, and they had costumes on that looked like they were from outer space or something.
When the Oscar winner was “not feeling unusually well,” he called a nurse from one of his staff.
Pacino’s symptoms included having a fever and becoming dehydrated and then suddenly fainting.
“I didn’t see white lights or anything,” he added. “There’s nothing here. ‘I never thought about it in my life. But you know actors: it feels good to say I died once. What’s the point when there’s nothing else?”
Despite the life-changing experience, the ‘Scarface’ alum finds solace in his children Julie, 34, twins Anton and Olivia, 23, and their son, Roman, born in 2023, and his great physique. work as his legacy.
Pacino admitted that he is not afraid of death because “as you get older you get a different perspective on death.”
As he said, “It is what it is.”
“I didn’t ask for it. It just comes, like a lot of things just come,” Pacino admitted, before adding that he did not find the subject of death “morbid.”
The Hollywood star also reflected on his decades-long career and explained to the outlet that making movies in his youth was more gratifying.
Pacino revealed, “Usually when I make movies, I’m not very happy.” “They can be tedious, but you can go to your camper and do whatever you want.”
And there’s plenty to keep Pacino busy in his trailer.
“There’s a lot of stuff on YouTube,” he shared. “‘When I watch TikTok I like it too.'”
One of his films will particularly appeal to Baby Roman, who he would love to watch first with his 30-year-old girlfriend Nour Alfallah.
“Jack & Jill” with Adam Sandler because it’s “funny”. According to Pacino.
“It came at a time in my life when I needed it, because that’s when I realized I didn’t have any more money. My accountant was in jail and I needed something quickly. So I took it,” he added.
Pacino’s former financial advisor was Kenneth Starr. Sentenced to seven and a half years in prison In 2010, after pleading guilty to taking $33 million from his clients to fund his lavish lifestyle.
It was reported that the infamous millionaire’s machinations landed Pacino with the IRS for $188,000 in back taxes.
