Action star Tom Hardy makes devastating health announcement: ‘It’s not going to get better’

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Tom Hardy, 47, discussed the various health struggles he’s experiencing after years as an action star. Samir Hussein/WireImage

Tom Hardy says his body is “falling to bits” now that he’s middle-aged.

The “Dark Knight Rises” actor, 47, discussed all of his latest ailments in a recent interview with Esquire.

“I got dizzy today,” he told the outlet. “I took a Sudafed and it’s starting to work, so I feel better, but in the interviews I was sitting there, and you know when you feel not right, but you can’t tell someone you don’t feel right?”

The “Mad Max” star admitted that he was feeling dizzy and needed to take a Sudafed during an interview with Esquire. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection
“I’ve had two knee surgeries now, my disc’s herniated in my back, I’ve got sciatica as well,” the actor (seen here in March) revealed. Getty Images

He then joked about potentially passing out during the interview before explaining the other health burdens he’s been dealing with — after years as an action star.

“I’ve had two knee surgeries now, my disc’s herniated in my back, I’ve got sciatica as well,” he shared. “And I have that… is it plantar fasciitis? Where did that come from? And why? Why?!”

Hardy added that he also pulled a tendon in his hip.

Hardy (seen here in March) said he also has plantar fasciitis. Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock
The “Venom: The Last Dance” star revealed he also pulled a tendon in his hip. ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

“It’s like, it’s all falling to bits now, and it’s not going to get better,” he said.

The “Inception” star then reflected on some of the medical advances he is open to exploring. When asked if he would consider doing stem cell treatment, he replied, “Probably, yeah.”

“I think if it comes down to the wire and it seems the sensible thing to do and I take advice,” he continued, before diving into other medical things, including custom homeopathic treatments like “tinctures.”

“It’s like, it’s all falling to bits now, and it’s not going to get better,” Hardy (seen here in “MobLand”) said. Luke Varley/Paramount+
Hardy has explored using homeopathic remedies. WireImage

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“This is the biopsy of where we’re at: two vapes, somebody else’s clothes, and a hotel room that neither of us feels comfortable in!” he told the reporter, referring to their sit-down at a swanky hotel.

Despite his struggles, Hardy has stayed committed to keeping up with his fitness by doing jiu-jitsu.

“I did the posturing bit of boxing and hitting mitts, and trying to be a bloke,” he said. “But ultimately I was sort of scared of blokes, because there’s so many of them, and there’s always one stronger than you.”

The action star (pictured here in April) stays fit by doing jiu-jitsu. WireImage
Hardy (seen here in a scene from “Havoc”) is a purple belt in the martial art. ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection

He continued, “You know, somehow you’re supposed to be able to look after yourself in this wicked world, but in a numbers game it’s not possible to be the strongest. So eventually I was like, ‘Just have a go, who cares who wins.’ And of course I care who wins, but you spend the first couple of years trying to forget it. You’re not winning anything. It’s very humiliating, in the right way.”

Hardy, who earned his purple belt, called the martial art “a submission sport.”

“It’s about stopping your opponent. They submit to defeat, or you choke them, shutting off the carotid artery so the blood doesn’t go to the brain,” he explained. “But once you isolate a limb — an arm or a leg — and put pressure through the joint, and it’s correctly applied, you needn’t go any further. It’s a fait accompli. It’s done. You are done. Only your ego will take you any further.”

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