“Star Wars” star Simon Pegg opened up about the realities of dealing with depression.<br /><br />“We all have anxiety, we get nervous, we get affected by our emotions, and for some people it just is incredibly heightened,” he said.<br />Pegg tackled his most intense role to date as a man grappling with schizophrenia in “Lost Transmissions,” a film he hopes sparks important conversations about mental health.<br /><br />“I think a lot of people when they think of schizophrenia they imagine a person with multiple personalities, and that’s an entirely different condition, schizophrenia,” he said. “And in order to sort of play the part Theo who finds himself affected by it, I did a lot of research and obviously tried to get it right.”<br /><br />Pegg revealed to the Guardian in 2018 his battle with depression and alcoholism, which he has since reconciled with.<br /><br />I’ve been able to address what I went through and find my devices for staying on top of it. And I’ve had a really great sort of nine years since that all came to a head,” he said. “And it’s nice because the amount of people afterwards came up and said, ‘that’s for saying that,’ that made it all worthwhile, you know.”<br /><br /> This video, "Simon Pegg on Struggling With Alcoholism and Mental Health</a>", first appeared on<br /> nowthisnews.com</a>.<br />
