Hollywood A-Lister was taken to the emergency department after suffering from crippling stomach pain, which was later diagnosed as pancreatitis.
George, 59, was due to start filming for The Midnight Sky when he started suffering and now believes that his diet played a factor in the illness, which can be deadly.
He had shed almost two stone for his role which sees him play a survivor of a global catastrophe, he told The Mirror. George's character is a cancer-stricken astronomer who continues to fight the elements at a remote, snow-swept station as he attempts to make contact with a spaceship.The film, which was filmed in the Arctic, also credits George as the director and features actress Felicity Jones."I think I was trying too hard to lose.
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