Selma Blair forGlamour.Photo:Lauren Dukoff
Lauren Dukoff
Selma Blairis reflecting on her career shift afterHellboy.
In a wide-ranging interview withGlamourfor the 2023 Women of the Year issue, the actress, 51, said her screen work slowed down significantly after making the 2004 superhero flick. (She also starred in its 2008 sequel,Hellboy II: The Golden Army.)
“I still feel like I never really hit my stride with acting because afterHellboyI was so sick that I really stepped away,” said Blair, who revealed in 2018 that she wasdiagnosed with multiple sclerosisand has been in remission since 2021.
“And because I wasn’t a huge star, no one came looking,” she added.
Blair previously shared that shewent undiagnosed for 40 yearsbefore learning she had the autoimmune disease, but had experienced symptoms of MS as early as 7 years old.
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“I think that’s the key with everything,” she continued. “Really get comfortable with yourself and it doesn’t matter if you falter, because you know where to pick yourself up again.”
She added, “I had to realize I do love acting. I really would love an amazing director to ever think there’s something for me."
TheLegally Blondeactress also recalled the difficulty of MS flares over the years ahead of her diagnosis, including “pure exhaustion” following the birth of her now-12-year-old sonArthur, which was incorrectly attributed to things like labor fatigue and postpartum depression.
As for the jobs shewasable to take, “I was forcing myself on a plane, and I was getting vertigo,” Blair said. “I would wake up, and I couldn’t move.”
And while that “was a very hard time in my life,” she toldGlamourit was also “the catalyst to become who I am now.”
Selma Blair forGlamour.Lauren Dukoff
Blair recently spoke with PEOPLE in early October and gave anupdate on her health journey, saying “everything’s great” and she’s “still in remission.”
“I do have things that will probably always be with me, dystonia and things that come and go that are a real phenomenon,” said theCruel Intentionsactress. “But neurology is an interesting thing and it’s fascinating to me.”
“I do get tired,” Blair added to PEOPLE. “That’s the thing. It is hard. So we do have to remember to build in a rest day … because if mama goes down then we’re down for a minute. But when I’m up, I’m doing it and I’m happy. I’m really happy.”
source: people.com
