Ran Danker Recounts Dark Period Amidst Peak Fame
Translated & summarized from Israel Hayom by baba
Singer and actor Ran Danker will reveal a difficult period of his life on the new show "Who Wants to Start?". Danker experienced severe anxiety and a fear of dying at age 22, during the peak of his success in the series "The Song of Our". He described vision problems that led to debilitating fear, causing him to withdraw from work and say goodbye to loved ones. The experience occurred while he was at the height of his career.
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- Ran Danker will share a dark period of intense anxiety and fear of dying during his peak fame on a new TV show.
- The singer and actor experienced vision problems that triggered paralyzing fear and a belief he was dying at age 22.
- Danker's anxiety led him to cancel recordings, refuse roles, and say goodbye to family and friends.
- He felt a profound disconnect between his external success and internal feelings of non-existence.
- The revelations will be part of the new show "Who Wants to Start?" hosted by Assi Azar.
Singer and actor Ran Danker will share a deeply personal and challenging period from his life during the premiere episode of the new show "Who Wants to Start?" hosted by Assi Azar on Keshet 12. The program features public figures and celebrities discussing predetermined topics in an effort to foster dialogue.
Danker recounts experiencing a dark phase at the height of his success as a teen idol in the series "The Song of Our" (HaShir Shelanu). He describes how vision problems led to a paralyzing anxiety, making him fear he was dying. "I remember driving home from a filming day and seeing that I couldn't see the car number in front of me well," Danker shared. "Then I got home and said, 'I'll get an eye exam, maybe something is wrong,' and from there it continued and my body started to fall asleep."
Despite being only 22 and having no family history of illness, Danker was convinced he was dying and began saying goodbye to loved ones. "I wake up at night and tell myself, 'There's no way I'm going to a filming day tomorrow. There's no way I'm getting anywhere.' And I don't know how to communicate it and I don't know how to explain that something is wrong happening to me. And I'm terribly, terribly afraid and I start to get into a movie that I'm dying."
This profound fear impacted his career, leading him to cancel album recordings and turn down acting roles due to anxiety about being able to attend the first day of shooting. He expressed the dissonance of being at the peak of his career, with everything happening for him at age 22-23, while internally feeling non-existent and not wanting to live that way.
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