Famous Last Words
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Eric Dane, the actor probably best known for his roles in Grey's Anatomy and the show Euphoria, has sadly died. And we are going to discuss his appearance in Netflix's Famous Last Words series here with Caitlin Green, a media personality and co-host of the Jan Arden podcast. Caitlin, welcome to the show.
Thanks so much for having me.
This Netflix series, Famous Last Words, this is the second installation of it. I haven't seen them, actually. You have. Walk me through the premise of this series. I believe it's kind of like a Danish idea before Netflix snarfed it for the English audience.
Yeah, exactly. So it was a Danish format. And I think the translation from the show from Denmark was like the last word, something to that effect. But basically what it is, is people who I think might feel that they are towards the end of their life. will sit down and record their last words. So Jane Goodall did this. Now, whether or not she was aware of the fact that she would pass on, she was obviously older. And so she recorded an episode of the US version for Netflix. And then the most recent one is Eric Dane, who'd been struggling with ALS for quite some time.
What are the details surrounding Eric Dane's passing?
So he clearly knew that this was going to happen at some point. And the idea is that these sort of celebrities and public figures record this. And then after they pass, the episode releases like very quickly. It's the same way that you'll notice a lot of media outlets will immediately have like an obit for a celebrity. They have it all pre-written. It's kind of like that, but it's like a lot more touching and heartfelt. And so Eric Daines was released over the weekend. It immediately goes viral. And predominantly he is recording it for his two daughters. And that's why it's really, really poignant and heartfelt. And he has ALS, but I believe he recorded this a year before his passing, perhaps, just maybe under a year.
So I had watched it and I remarked to my husband that I thought he looked fabulous. I mean, he's an incredibly handsome actor, but he's obviously struggling and unwell and not communicating in exactly the same cadence he might normally. But he is very clear-minded and it was powerful. And I thought that he just seemed... I was like, oh, this is how I would, if I was him, like want your kids to remember you. And he gives them sort of five, I think it was three or five things to live by. And one thing that he said was he really wants them to fight. He wants his two daughters to fight. He talks about how much he's fought with this illness, how happy he still is in spite of being very sick and that he felt like he had been knocked down many times in life and he continued to get up and that that was his superpower was his resilience.
And I was like, man, every single person could hear this message right now and take something from it.
It's kind of a remix of the, it's not the destination, it's the journey, but framing it like the journey involves a fight and the fight gives life meaning. Is that kind of what he was saying?
Kind of, and just really that like, you know, everything in life is not going to always be easy. You may have disappointments in your personal life. You know, he was divorced. You may have disappointments in your professional life. I think every actor in Hollywood has no shortage of those. You may receive a devastating diagnosis like he did when he was told he had ALS. But I think the fact that he said, you know, I still love my life.
How does the Netflix series Famous Last Words portray its subjects?
I'm a happy person and I want you guys to be happy. Like that's such a nice gift to give to your kids at a very sad time in their lives and this sort of troubling transition. And I just thought this is a rare, this might be a rare moment where television is doing something good for humanity. Not everyone's going to want to watch this. It's obviously kind of somber and touching and you may not want to go there. You may just want to watch another episode of the office, which is, which is also understandable and,
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