Kevin Spacey rushed to hospital fearing ‘heart attack’: report

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The Sun.The New York Post has reached out to Spacey’s reps for comment.The “House of Cards” actor was inside the Afrasiyab Museum, located at the historical site of Afrasiyab, one of the largest archaeological sites in the world when he felt his “entire left arm go numb for about eight seconds.”The actor was then rushed to the Innova Diagnostic Clinic, where he was examined by doctors and given an MRI scan.Despite fears that he may have suffered a heart attack, doctors gave Spacey a clean bill of health.“Mr Spacey was taken to a medical centre over health concerns,” a source close to the actor said according to The Sun.

He was treated professionally by doctors and staff and found to have no problem with his heart.” Later that evening, Spacey returned to the 15th Tashkent International Film Festival in Uzbekistan and appeared to be in good spirits.

Addressing the audience about the scary incident, the “Elvis & Nixon” star stated that his state of health was “normal.”“It made me really take a moment and think about how fragile life is,” he said. “For all of us.”Spacey, who most recently appeared in the the micro-budget film “Control,” which was directed by Gene Fallaize, gave final speech at the festival’s closing ceremony.“I experienced something here today that was unexpected,” he said. “I was looking at these extraordinary murals on the walls and I suddenly felt my entire left arm go numb for about eight seconds.

I shook it off, but I immediately told the people I was with and we went immediately to the […] medical centre.”He added: “I spent the afternoon there having a variety of tests.