Hollywood legend Al Pacino says he experienced nothing during his near-death experience, but now believes there is no life after death.
in interview and new york times, scarface The star said he contracted a very severe case of COVID-19 in 2020 and nearly died from the virus.
Stating that he was extremely dehydrated, the actor said, “My pulse was gone. It was like — you're here, you're not. I thought, 'Wow, you have no memory. You don't even have anything. Strange porridge. ”
Pacino explained that when he started feeling unwell, he called a friend to come and help him.
“I had someone call a nurse to give me some fluids. I was sitting in the house and I was gone. Just like that. There was no pulse,” he told the newspaper. told.
The 84-year-old star added that an ambulance arrived at his home within “minutes” and that he regained consciousness while being attended to by the paramedics.
“There were about six paramedics in that living room, two doctors, and they were dressed like they were from outer space or something,” he said. “It was kind of shocking to open my eyes and see it. Everyone was around me saying, 'He's back.' he's here ”
of godfather He added that, according to legend, he experienced no “metaphysical ripples”, even though it was thought that he actually died at an unknown time.
“I saw no white light or anything. There was nothing there. As Hamlet says, 'To be or not to be.' “An undiscovered country where no traveler returns, even if born.'' And he says two words, “No more.” That was no more. You're gone. “I never thought about that in my life,” he exclaimed.
Still, he added, Pacino is an actor who may have a tendency to over-dramatize his life a bit, betting on an afterlife.
“But actors, it sounds good to say I died once,” he quipped. “What happens when it's gone?”
But clearly Pacino isn't ready to quietly ride off into the sunset. Just last year, he gave birth to a son with his 29-year-old girlfriend Noor Afala. Pacino wasn't 100 percent sure he was the baby's father. He even requested a DNA test to prove it, which turned out to confirm paternity.
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