Al Pacino had a near-death experience with COVID-19: 'I didn't have a pulse'
Al Pacino opened up about his near-death experience with COVID-19 in 2020.
Ahead of the release of his memoir, Sonny Boy, the actor told The New York Times about how his bout with the virus before vaccines were available.
"So I got someone to get me a nurse to hydrate me. I was sitting there in my house, and I was gone. Like that. I didn't have a pulse," The Godfather star recalled.
"In a matter of minutes, they were there, the ambulance in front of my house. I had about six paramedics in that living room, and there were two doctors and they had these outfits on that looked like they were from outer space or something."
When Pacino opened his eyes, he saw a lot of people around him. "They said: 'He's back. He's here.'"
The decorated actor also shared that he didn't see anything while he was out.
"There's nothing there. As Hamlet said, 'To be or not to be,'" he said. "'The undiscovered country from whose bourn, no traveler returns.' And he says two words: 'No more.'"
"It was no more. You're gone. I'd never thought about it in my life. But you know actors: It sounds good to say I died once. What is it when there's no more?"
Pacino, 84, welcomed a baby with his 29-year-old ex-girlfriend in June 2023. He later split with his partner months after and was ordered to pay $30,000 (almost P2 million) a month in child support.
The actor is known for his roles in Scent of a Woman, The Godfather, Serpico, The Irishman, Scarface, Ocean's Thirteen, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and House of Gucci.