Stanley Tucci is opening up about his previous battle with cancer.
The Citadel actor recently spoke about undergoing chemotherapy and radiation after being diagnosed with cancer at the base of his tongue in 2017, crediting his wife Felicity Blunt—who is the sister of Stanley’s Devil Wears Prada costar Emily Blunt— for providing such a strong support system.
“I was so afraid,” Stanley told Willie Geist on the Sunday Sitdown April 30. “But Felicity was very insistent.”
The Hunger Games alum further maintained that without Felicity’s help he wouldn’t have made it to the other side. “They had to drag me kicking and screaming,” he recalled, “but I wouldn’t be around if I hadn’t done it.”
Stanley noted that receiving his diagnosis brought back the memories of his late wife Kate Tucci, who died in 2009 at age 49 after battling breast cancer.
“My late wife and I, we traveled all over the world trying to find a cure for her. So when I got it, I was completely shocked,” the 62-year-old—who shared 23-year-old twins Nicolo and Isabel, and daughter Camilla, 21, with Kate—continued. “I was terrified, absolutely terrified.”