Joaquin Phoenix only cast in Signs after original star received sign in 'scary dream'

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READ MORE: Steve Irwin's dying moments caught on camera in tragic video – but will never airHe dreamed that he had a brain tumour and was so unsettled by it that he went to see a doctor the following day.

Incredibly, he was diagnosed with a brain tumour a few days later.A mass the size of a golf ball was found behind his left ear as he was diagnosed with acoustic neuroma.Ruffalo, who had no displayed symptoms, later found out he had lost around 7% of his hearing.According to the NHS, acoustic neuroma is a type of non-cancerous benign brain tumour that tends to affect adults aged 30 to 60 and usually has no obvious cause.The tumour, which could have caused him to lose 80% of the hearing in his left ear, also affected his facial nerve.Sharing his story with the Acoustic Neuroma Association back in 2013, Ruffalo said: “I was working on a movie when I had a dream I had a brain tumour and it was like no other dream that I’d ever had. "I’d become friends with the set doctor on that movie who was on the board of the local hospital and I went to her that morning and I said listen I had a really scary dream last night, you’ll probably think I’m crazy but I think I have a brain tumour and I’d really like it to get checked out. "She said you’re crazy but you shouldn't have to live with that fear so I’ll order you an MRI or a CAT scan tomorrow.“I got my CAT scan and met her (the doctor) in the neurologist's office an hour later and the neurologist nurse came in and asked her out of the room and I could hear some murmurings next door and she came in and was white as a sheet. "She sat down and said you have a mass behind your left ear the size of a golf ball and we don’t know what it is exactly and you’ll need an MRI.