British actor John Hurt announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer, and that he continues to be “more than optimistic” in spite of the potentially deadly disease.
Hurt, 75, famous for his roles in “The Elephant Man” for which he received an Oscar nomination, as a wand-maker in “Harry Potter” and as the gut-busted astronaut in “Alien,” said he is undergoing treatment and that his doctors are providing a positive prognosis.
“I have al…
