"According to show creator Michael Grassi, watching Dane film a scene where his character shares his changing perspective on asking for help was so moving that the cast and crew got on their feet and applauded. "I have never seen this happen in my entire career, but he essentially got a ten-minute standing ovation after shooting that scene, because it was so beautiful and so honest and so real," Grassi recalled to ."
"Dane, who filmed his episode of Brilliant Minds in October and is next set to appear in the long-delayed third season of , has partnered with the grassroots organization I Am ALS in hopes of accelerating ALS research, expanding access to treatments, and securing $1 billion in federal funding. He previously told Diane Sawyer in June that he has lost complete control over his right arm due to ALS, reflecting that he is "angry" about his diagnosis because he has two teenage daughters."
""I want to see them graduate college, get married, maybe even have grandkids," the 53-year-old actor said in a September meeting about ALS with California representative Eric Swalwell. "I want to be there for all that, so I'm going to fight until the last breath on this one.""
Eric Dane appears in a November 24 episode of NBC's Brilliant Minds as Matthew, a 9/11 firefighter living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Matthew struggles to tell his ex-wife and daughter about his diagnosis, and a filmed scene about asking for help prompted the cast and crew to stand and applaud. Dane filmed the episode in October and is set to appear in a delayed third season of another series. He has partnered with I Am ALS to accelerate research, expand treatment access, and secure $1 billion in federal funding. Dane has lost control of his right arm and says he will fight to be there for his daughters.
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