‘Money Heist’ who will soon be coming up with its fifth and final season has formed has a huge fan base for itself. Spanish actor Álvaro Morte, who plays Sergio Marquina aka The Profesor in the crime drama, is a fighter not just in the show, but also in real life. Morte is a cancer survivor and beat the disease successfully a few years back.
In 2011, the actor was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left leg and he also went through treatment for it. Over the years, Morte has spoken about his struggles with the disease. As per Indianexpress.com, he told The Observer in 2016, “I remember the doctor with a white coat and the stethoscope to come to tell me without anesthesia. (He said) Look, this is happening to you and you have plenty of time to live.”
Morte shares that he took the tumor as something temporary. “For example, a flu, you feel bad, you have fever, shaking, but you know it will happen to you. You do not talk about it. Instead of accepting that I have a slim chance of survival, I tried to turn it on, which, in principle, the logic told me not to,” he said.
In a separate interaction with the Cocktail magazine, Alvaro shared, “At first I thought I was going to die, that my leg was cut but nothing happened. Then I thought, if I die within three months, can I do it calmly? Have I respected the people around me who love me? Have I been faithful to my principles?”
“That made me enjoy the moment, since there is nothing that will remove the good humor,” he added.
An engineer-turned-actor, Alvaro made his acting debut in 2002. He received worldwide acclaim after essaying the titular role of The Professor in ‘Money Heist’. Morte, along with several other actors will reprise their role for the final season ‘La Casa De Papel’.
