Dolph Lundgren: Did steroids prompt cancer diagnosis?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ย. 2024
- Swedish actor, filmmaker and martial artist Dolph Lundgren reveals instances throughout his illustrious career where he risked life and limb for his profession, including risky jumps without safety provisions and a decade of steroid use.
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I appreciate Dolph's honesty on his steroid use. Here's hoping all the treatment works well.
Yeah but he couldn't really deny it I seen video evidence of it in rocky 4 I believe 😜
@@mikelynch5153 Haha good point!
Yep. Almost impossible he hadn't taken testosterone for acting as Drago in Rocky IV. Anyway, nice interview.
Steroid use is so ubiquitous and wide spread that it's practically everywhere these days. Just about every professional bodybuilder on the pro level stage takes them( and HGH) and even athletes and actors take them now, too. It's not a level playing field anymore. I always say that my favorite bodybuilder is Steve Reeves( because he was all-natural) and that I think that he was and IS the best bodybuilder of all time because of how he was able to craft such an impressive physique for himself without using a single performance enhancing drug( and bodybuilders were already using and misusing steroids back in the 1950s during the hey-day of Reeves in the Hercules movies).
But again, with steroids being so ubiquitous these days, even actors are taking them and then spewing the same kind of nonsense about their protein rich diets and strict eating habits that many bodybuilders do when they're really juicing. I can respect that Dolph Lundgren is honest enough to just come out and say that he used steroids when he was younger.
how if all of the treatments used actually poison the body and kill both bad and good cells?
Big respect for this guy , no problem answering any questions, most actors would straight out lie..
Well you can actully see the needle going in if you watch Rocky4.
Pretty hard to deny that....
Yes. I was surprised.
Well insinuating he took 150 mg Test per week in his heyday is a lie. he's on 150 mg/ week now plus HGH.
@@korvstopparen well that can be faked but not he addmitted they scene may very well be real .
@@MartinContreras-ok5cv not sure if he takes hgh when he has cancer.
I gained so much respect for Lundgren being so honest about using steroids. That doesn't neglect the whole amount of exercise and dedication that went along aside it.
We need more Hollywood actors to come out and admit they did this. Much respect to Dolph and prayers for a speedy full recovery and long healthy life.
They don't need to admit a damn thing to you or anyone. What sport are they competing in? Who are they cheating out of a win by taking something?
No one. This logic that non-competitive people need to tell you what they do with their personal life or body is insane. Get a life.
@Heros Workshop They need to admit it and you need to mind your own business and kick rocks.
@@Heroesworkshop They need to admit because people think those physiques are attainable naturally and again you will say yeah they are... No they arent. Go look at the best natural bodybuilders still dont look like that.
Yeah and the problem is also that some sell supplements coaching and all around brand fitness knowledge using their roided out physique while feeding people a lie to fill their pockets, it’s like Selling someone a Ford Mustang and they recieve a Toyota Aygo
you can tell who is on it. they go from small to big. if you look at Arnolds son with the maid he looks natural right now
Always had mad respect for this guy. Best part about being old as he is, is that you truly don’t care what people think.
Legendary man he was more honest in this one interview than some actors (won't name any names) are in their whole careers. He is a real life hero
Stallone, Schwarzenegger, The Rock. It’s amazing how Triple H almost died from a heart thing, but it had *nothing* to do with decades of steroid abuse!
He was tough. There is always a price to become somebody.
100% admitting to steroids. Always liked him as a actor. 100% respect him now. No one admits that
Why would he lie? He wasn't competing or anything, so he wasn't cheating.
@@MCXM111 99% of other actors denies steroid usage. So does 99% of your ripped friends. It's more common that people deny it than admit it, even though they don't compete.
The fact that he's honest about everything is awesome
Wow! A movie star who actually admits he took steroids for a movie role! Hat's off to the guy for admitting it and how long he took them for. Got so much respect for dolph now🙌.
Arnold admitted to taking them too in his autobiography.
@@humann5682 Arnold downplays it though
Great interview, his honesty and forthrightness is admirable.
I just turned 50yrs old. Steroids were big in college sports when I was in college and it was before testing.
I never took any steroids but I know a lot of people who did. I don't even blame people, if steroids was the difference between making million$ in sports or movies then the choice mostly makes itself..
More than a 1/3 of my college football team is now gone. Mostly heart attacks and cancer. Makes you think.
Steroids don't cause heart attacks or cancer. Bad genetics do.
@@ТоняЗаліська It's one of those cases where it would be better if no one did it, but there's such a huge benefit to using the substances even if it has bad effects that people do it. Generally speaking, i'm sure in some cases the substances can be used responsibly.
Lol no it doesnt. If you know how steroids work, you would scratch your head on how they come up to this bs. Its a hormone…nothing more or less.
Same experience here!!with many of my gym buddies for over 40 years have major issues !! I havent ever tried roids !! Always been the "worst" among the other enhanced guys ,even as a low level but hardcore powerlifting competitor .Sometimes im getting sad and emotional comparing my natural accomplishments which were outstanding with the promising potential roids could give me i think ive missed some major national and international titles ,records ,money and also publicity which also could add up to my career resumee profile .But all in all health is ok and i complain less thinking twice over it .Just an outing sorry to bother you guys
1/3rd?
That's a lot man
I'm your age.
Probably the most intelligent action star we've had and for that matter one of the most intelligent actors we've had
Dolph probably is one of the smartest actors. Near the top of that list has to be the gorgeous genius - Hedy Lamarr.
She was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that formed the basis for today's WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.
Does he have like a chemist degree or something.
@@martinithechobit degree? This guy? No.
There are few people who get everything in life, Dolph are one of those!
@@thor2437 Multiple divorces and serial cheater...plus has a new super young fiance........Our definitions of "getting everything in life" are very-very different.
Really have to admire the honesty now in retrospect. However, this was 40 years ago and we still have Chris Hemsworth flogging fitness apps and Zac Efron trying to tell people his Baywatch physique was down to eating chicken and broccoli and training twice a day 🤔 Hollywood needs to take some accountability
It wasn't them taking the juice it was the chicken and broccoli taking it they ate them both with out knowing 😅.
@@daryl9799 yep, watch out for those jacked chickens
great guy and love the openness, not too common among actors when it comes to that subject.
Dolph is my hero from childhood. Masters of the universe, Showdown in Little Tokyo, Dark Angel, Universal Soldier, Rocky 4....great action movies. I have also started lifting weights back in the day, when it was so IN because of this great actors/sportsmen like Dolph, Arnold, Sly or JCVD...I wish the best to Mr. Lundgren, I believe that he will beat the disease...
Thank your honesty M. Lundgren....Straightforward, intelligent and more importantly not talking BS. .You're a great Man and you will save lives.
I appreciate this man's honesty, he's a humble genius, and that's a fact!
I’m 37 and I’m getting two cancerous tumours removed from my liver. Found by sheer luck. Every consultant has asked if I’ve ever taken steroids, because I’m so young for this type of cancer. The culture that promotes being strong as being healthy is insane and completely detached from reality. It needs to change.
it's amazing we all don't get cancer from the totally polluted environment around us. Godspeed
Good luck!
Did you take steroids?
Did you take them roids?
Do you have cirrhosis? You have 2 hcc? Cholangio? What was the pathology? They biopsed both?
imagine now you have actor call dwayne the rock who call him natty , and you have legends like this who admit it , i love old actor and for me always the best
..lets get Stallone on the chair
I like him but I'm pretty sure that The Rock has taken stuff recently. He claims that he ''tried'' steroids when he was a teenager but it honestly wouldn't shock me at all if it ever came out that The Rock has been taking some performance enhancing drugs and I'm sure that a lot of other Hollywood actors have used steroids( and HGH, too). We already know about Stallone but I think that there are a lot of other actors using and misusing steroids who won't directly just come out and admit it( Chris Hemsworth as Thor is someone that I've suspected for a while now and it wouldn't surprise me at all if Hugh Jackman used them when he was playing Wolverine).
Whatever he took he made it in life I’m completely sure he wouldn’t change much. Great guy all round class
He seems like a down to earth person. He looked great as an athlete before getting into movies. There's honesty about steroids and probably what they have done to his body over the years. Hope he recovers as well as he can given his condition.
It's amazing how open he is about most things that people tend to be purposefully ambiguous about
haha he's so honest. That's really amazing how openly he speaks about steroids. Great.
Dolphs performance in The Punisher is my favorite version. It’s highly underrated. The acting, fight scenes etc. I’ve been a fan of Dolph since I was a kid.
I bought a hard copy. Best Punisher.
100%! I think part of the reason its underrated/lesser known is that it wasn't released in theaters in the US. I've got issues of Volume 2 and War Journal from 1989 which have ads for the film, as well as it being mentioned by the writers and artists, but most didn't see it until it came out in VHS in the spring of '91. :(
Much respect to you Dolph for your honesty. Get well champ 🙏🏾
got to love Dolph!!this tough guy is not expendable!wish him all the best !!
All my respect is his cause i have gone through on testicle cancer what wasn't as easy as i thought it could be. Dolph is my idol ever since i've started growing up as a dad, as an actor, as a genius. Wish him full recovery asap!🤞🏻🙏🏻
I respect anyone who is honest…even if it’s something I don’t want to hear…I really respect this guy
Very honest, open down to earth guy. I wish him the very best in his health. I pray he gets well.
100% appreciate his honesty.. so many Hollywood stars are on the gas on and straight face low about it
But the Rock says hes natural LOL
Dwayne is like 52 lmao he’s bigger than his 20’s no way he is natural
Amazing work on this interview Graham! Always love watching your content. Keep up the great work!
Dolph Lundgren is a great man. He's very well educated, especially in his Chem. Engineering field, because of this I wonder why he didn't become an academic instead of an actor, he would've made agreat professor. Yet it's easy to figure why, acting pays very well, but one has to do what is required, barring reason many times, and ignoring the risks. To that end, his dialog speaks for it self. In summary, I appreciate his intelligence and his candor.
Wow, good for him for talking about it openly.
"Dolph used to smoke four cigars a day." That is a more likely cause of cancer. He shouldn't have listened to Arnold who convinced him to smoke cigars.
Winston smoked 8 cigars and died aged 90 no cancer
@@giordanobruno7943listen. There are always exceptions. Unfortunately the rule is smoking = cancer
@@arjanpetersen yeah cause non smokers don't get cancer. you right.
@@giordanobruno7943 "People who smoke cigarettes are 15 to 30 times more likely to get lung cancer or die from lung cancer than people who do not smoke."
CDC.
Yeah, and smoking causes most likely Liver- and Kidneycancer, as everyone knows.
I hope for your health to return. Thank you for your honesty and the films from my child hood.
sly wouldnt admit to taking steroids for rocky iv, he says oh i lived on poached chicken and rice, dolph is a real down to earth guy. an honest guy. full respect and hope he wins his battle.
Props to him for being real about it.
His movie set expert got in a gunfight with terrorists and had to use props! That's like real life tropic thunder
*I admire his HONESTY. Gotta respect an honest man.*
Guess he knows that there's no secret to this anymore. Everyone knows when someones taking PEDs these days. That's why Arnold came clean (no pun intended) too. No point in trying to hide the obvious.
Big respects for honesty.
He once was asked by a fan about steroid use for Rocky 4 preparation as Ivan Drago was "using" steroids in the movie.
He lied about it and denied it.
When you face death or life threatening issues like cancer you are very likely to become nothing but real and honest.
👍👍👍👍👍
He probably was told to deny it.
my god, i like Lundgren. So honest, takes it easy and makes no big deal telling the truth. A real man, and a decent human being.
His Punisher was the closest to the comic and still the best movie version to this day
Don’t remember seeing that movie - maybe I’d better. Sounds good.
Wishing dolph a speedy recovery and great health wellbeing and vitality
Actors taking steroids is the worst kept secret in the business but yet almost all of them deny it or avoid talking about it. It’s always refreshing to hear when an actor actually does talk about it candidly.
Great honesty and awareness of his situation.
I don't think Dolph got the credit he deserves as an action hero. One of my favorites
I've never met Dolph Lundgren, but he seems like a cool guy. A very intelligent, nice guy. I grew up watching his films. He'll always be awesome in my eyes.
TERRANCE OUT
Love dolph hope he gets on the road to full recovery
I always liked Dolph and his films, not just Rocky 4 and Universal Soldiers. Dolph is one of the very few athletes or entertainers who didn't downplay how long he used steroids. Most of us assumed he started around Rocky 4 as he said given that he had to gain significant lean mass in a short period of time and then maintain 240-245 at 6'4"+ during filming and then got even bigger for Masters when he was 248-250. I wouldn't have even questioned him much if he had claimed that he stopped several years earlier around 1991-1993, but the decade he admits to adds up as there was less emphasis on his physique after the mid 90s and by the late 90s/early 2000s, he had slimmed down considerably and looked to be going for a more normal athletic appearance. I won't scrutinize the dose too much, but he is undoubtedly truthful when he says his use was very moderate compared to bodybuilders.
One of the legendary actors that I'd love to hear and know more about! Intelligent, Scandinavian roots, martial arts champion...Hopefully he'd get more active on podcasts and interviews. This one was great!
Best Punisher ever, sadly yes steroids are that bad, i hope Dolph pulls thew i want to see him acting for many years to come.
4:42 yeah, growth hormone grows all cells, good and bad. growth hormone can help the cancer. testosteron, not so much. its safer, especially at TRT doses.
That's how it is done. Great interviewer and a honest men. The world and the youngers learn from this and for that it's great to have this content available.
Love his honesty!
so honest. Amazing cut
After Rocky 4, his haircut - flat top, because huge.. Everyone, who could, got it.
I wish all the actors were as honest as him concerning the use of PEDs
This sheds a lot of light on your 80s TV heroes.
They were all juiced up. )
wonder if Chris Hemsworth will be saying this when he's that age, or still pretending
Good interview ,
Dolph is the man …hated on screen but this interview shows how cool he is.
He's really an open book. That's admirable
Respect for his honesty
80`s action icon and inspiration. Gentleman. Wish him health and happiness.
I wonder if Sly would be so honest and forthcoming?
In many ways Ivan Drago wasn't too far from the real Dolph in terms of PED's. Funny how Rocky was portrayed as this natty wholesome egg drinking guy. Funny cause Sly's been taking roids for decades. In classic USA vs USSR setups in the 80's it was cruical to make the enemy look morally weak.🤣
Makes me want to juice up!
Do you think Dolph was taking hgh as well since Stallone has used a ton of hgh over the years. It would explain why his skull has grown so much over the years
@@barakomamba Doesn't look like Dolph has taken GH, insulin or any other classic BB compound but it sure looks like Sly has taken HG as you point out. He looks affected by it.
Such a great person ...
Him Charlie sheen and Arnold to date are the only
Honest actors that have now come out about peds to this day
Well
Done dolph ! Honest
Stallone is pretty straight forward about HGH. Seems to work well for him.
@C When you follow pictures of him through his youth, at around 18 years he suddenly exploded. It's outright ridiculous to assume he didn't take loads of steroids back in the day. There is footage from him off-cycle, where he looks virtually depleted, this says it all. He has good genes, as seen in Joseph Baena. But without steroids he would have never gotten that big. Baena looks about the same as Arnold before PEDs.
@@mercatorjubio3804 same with a lot of people and peds
But least he used them for a purpose
Not just walking around looking big lol
@@samforde4665 Absolutely. The same with Arnold, he took them for a purpose and always went off-cycle. That's probably the reason he is still alive. Gotta get off of them. Those hobby bulkers are just insane.
@@mercatorjubio3804 spot on man! Will love to see these actors who use them now in the future talk in the same vein as dolph does
Dolph lundgren is a Boss.👊👍😬
I'm really shocked he did steroids for Rocky IV. He looked terrific and lean, yes. But I didn't think he looked obsessively large for a guy with his frame and genetics. I also thought a lot of it was camera angles and baby oil. I watch a lot of MPMD videos so I already suspected a lot of Hollywood is on roids, but Lundgren doing them for Rocky IV really changes my views. Now I'm starting to think a lot more of these actors/influences claiming natty and not even looking that freakishly big may still be doing steroids.
130 lb bodybuilders can be on tons of gear.
Steroids will help you look the way you want, you won't necessarily become a mass monster.
Tren bro, the point of bodybuilding isnt just size bodybuilders want lean mass not muscle with a pile of fat.
Lots of steroids are made to keep you lean while you put on weight. Or even cause your fibers to be stronger so you gain strength without gaining weight.
Honestly every athlete should be on gear and have routine blood tests done by doctors to make sure they are safe. Its not about all out performance but endurance and long term health.
I dont get why everyone is against them, even in mma. The #1 advantage from juicing is recovery. Thats the big difference on gear i could go to the gym workout to failure, and do it again after sleeping. Without gear ill be stiff and sore for 2 days after. I never noticed a massive strength increase i could just do more reps and not feel like i was in a car wreck the day before. Ive done 2 cycles of trt, hgh and something similar to anavar so im no expert but its really helped me out at work. I used to work so hard i would vomit, now the same work level barley breaks a sweat.
Dude if your over 38 you wont believe what a small cycle will do for you.
He's like 6'5. He was enormous in Rocky. There was no doubt in my mind that he was juicing.
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Absolute legend.
Thanks Dolph for calling ANC what they really are even to this day. Respect.
Yes, wow 😳
Such a lovely man. Wishng Dolph nothing but health and happiness💖. Great Interview . Thanks
Classy smart and admirable!
Quick recovery Legend
guys like dolph, chuck norris, van damme, they survived making the cannon films, I mean that in itself is impressive, that was an insane studio
I like his roundabout way of saying he got into a bar fight at 3 in the morning in Montreal and knocked out some guy but felt it in his hips the next morning
Good for Dolph to come clean admitting, too many 18 year olds on the stuff, thinking it is normal.
He's done the industry a service here. The nonsense about chicken and brocoli needs to stop
The man is a genius not just some meat head. I love that these stars of my childhood are more then just " I must break you ". Enjoy your weekend everyone.
Respect to all these action legends when it was real no special effects or CGI
Thank god someone is honest finally 😮
roids are real bad for heart/lungs/etc....
I love dolph.his honesty here is how more people should be in life all the best God bless
Love his honesty
The original live action He-Man, the original live action Punisher! Even thought the movies suck, he looked awesome and did a great job!
Did not dance around the steroids question. He was honest about um. Salute to him and pray for the best for um.
Well my Grandfather was a big German guy I only met him a few times heavy drinker heavy smoker lived to be 82 and had no cancer died in his sleep so never know really genetically. I hope Dolph has more years ahead of him though I'll never forget seeing him for the first time wandering into the living room my brother was watching Rocky 4 I was awestruck I asked who's that my brother says Drago he's the bad guy from Russia I was annoyed he told me who the character was I said NO WHO IS THAT? So then he said Dolph Lundgren. Look at him steroids or not he didn't get bulky like some of them stayed lean not many people look like him movie star or not and he's smart too. Best wishes to him♥️
Dolph is an underrated dude.
Straightforward guy
The Best Frank Castle, great man...
I think his honesty is in relation to his intelligence. He has a genius IQ and it would be foolish to lie about drug use. Only fools lie about the obvious, and only fools believe them!
He is a legend. Playing Ivan Drago cemented him! One of the best movies ever.
He’s the opposite of what you think he is from the Rocky movie. Seems really humble
Way better than watching the news
The greatest action movie of all time is Dolph Lundgren in The Punisher, I believe 1989 or 1990. I love that movie, very underrated.
Dude is a freaking chemical engineer. And it's not because he used steroids. He really is! I like all the new movies he's starring in.