United Kingdom, Aug. 31 -- Riz Ahmed was hospitalised after his body "gave up on me" while filming 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

The 42-year-old actor has revealed he suffered a "very intense health-related experience" that made him fear he would "never get his life back" just as he landed the movie Sound of Metal.

Speaking on the Podcrushed podcast, he recounted: "Around the time of taking on Sound of Metal, I had a very intense health-related experience myself.

"I had to grapple with the grief but also the acceptance around that."

He continued: "My body just, kind of, gave up on me.

"I was extremely exhausted, [and] I was hospitalized for a brief period. I just had to really try and retrain my strength. It was, like, buildin...