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Jon Bernthalwas gearing up for a major movie role when his world came crashing down.
The Punisherstar was about to start shooting theRyan Gosling-helmed dramaFirst Manas Dave Scott, a part that ultimately went toChristopher Abbott, he toldMen’s Healthin a new profile.
Then Bernthal’s daughter Adeline, now 3½, had an unexpected seizure and entered a coma, which led the actor and father of three to exit the Neil Armstrong-centered movie.
He credited his wife Erin, a trauma nurse, with pulling the family through the ordeal. “People talk about bravery like fake macho bravery, but my wife didn’t flinch,” Bernthal told the magazine. “WhatI saw in my wife wascourage and beauty unlike I’d ever seen.”
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Adeline’s health trouble, which she has since recovered from, was due to encephalitis.
According toWebMD, encephalitis is an “inflammation of the brain tissue” that “can be very serious, causing personality changes, seizures, weakness and other symptoms depending on the part of the brain affected.”
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Bernthal also has sons Billy, 6 next month, and Henry, 7, who are currently learning jiu-jitsu.
“I want them to learn how to play piano and do their schoolwork with the exact same level of fierceness,”The WalkingDeadalum toldMen’s Health. “Whatever they do in this world, I’m okay with it, as long as they go full bore.”
“That’sthe real challenge of fatherhood,” Bernthal continued. “To try to divorce yourself from your own bulls— and to realize I want these kids to be better than me. I don’t want them to make the same mistakes I did.”
source: people.com
