A publicist with regard to Ken Watanabe claims the Tony Award- and Oscar-nominated actor has actually been obliged to suspend his go back to Broadway’s “The King and I” while he battles swallow cancer.
The 56-year-aged Japanese actor, that gained his American phase launching in 2012 opposite Kelli O’Hara in the revival of “The King and I,” was because of go back to the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical from March 1-April 17.
Craig Bankey, Watanabe’s press agent, claimed Tuesday the actor has actually undergone endoscopic surgical procedure and is recuperating at a hospital in Japan. In a statement, the actor said: “I would certainly love to ask with regard to your discovering that the begin of my efficiency in Brand-new York will certainly be a minor delayed.”
Watanabe, that has actually been in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins” and “Inception,” additionally starred in the reboot of “Godzilla” and “Letters From Iwo Jima” and lent his voice to the 4th installment of the Transformers franchise, “Transformers: period of Extinction.”
He made an Academy Honor with regard to finest supporting actor in the Tom Cruise-led movie “The Last Samurai.”
Word of the diagnosis was very first mentioned by Kyodo Information service.
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