'Means the world': Sharon Stone grows emotional over Eric Dane's Euphoria role
The 67-year-old actress has landed a mysterious role in the upcoming third season of the HBO drama and she is delighted to be starring alongside her old friend - who announced in April that he is battling the incurable degenerative condition ALS - because she knew how much landing the part of Cal Jacobs meant to him.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Sharon grew emotional as she said: "Eric and I have been friends for a long time. A long time. And I actually was like his support staff when he was trying to get the job on Euphoria.
"So he would come over to my house and give me gluten free cookies and we'd sit and discuss it because he really wanted that job.
"So it means the world to me that he got that job in time."
When he announced his diagnosis with ALS - which is formally known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and impacts the nervous system and causes muscle paralysis - Eric admitted he felt "fortunate" to still be able to work.
He said at the time: "I am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next chapter. I feel fortunate that I am able to continue working and am looking forward to returning to the set of Euphoria next week. I kindly ask that you give my family and I privacy during this time."
But in June, the 52-year-old actor revealed he has lost the function in his right arm and is concerned about how much further he will deteriorate.
He told Good Morning America: 'I have one functioning arm. … My left side is functioning. My right side, [which is my dominant side], has completely stopped working.
"[My left arm] is going. I feel like maybe a couple, a few more months and I won't have my left. … I'm worried about my legs.'
The former Grey's Anatomy star admitted to host Diane Sawyer he is "angry" about his condition because he doesn't want to be "taken" from his and wife Rebecca Gayheart's daughters Billie, 15, and 13-year-old Georgia while they are still young.
He said: 'I'm angry because, you know, my father was taken from me when I was young and now there's a very good chance I'm going to be taken from my girls while they're very young.
'At the end of the day, all I want to do is spend time with my family and work a little bit if I can. … They're loved. They know it.'
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