SPAIN.- Álvaro Morte, known for his character as “”The Professor”” in the Netflix series , “”La Casa de Papel”” , revealed that when he was detected cancer he had little hope of life.

The 46-year-old actor commented that 16 years ago he was detected with cancer in his left thigh and according to the prognosis of doctors in 90 days he could die .

Despite being given only a few months to live, Morte did not give up and kept fighting to get ahead, as his career was just taking off.

Although Álvaro does not tell this story very often, he became an example of struggle, since instead of collapsing, he took strength to move forward and overcome the terrible disease.

Morte explained to Cocktail magazine that at that time he believed that he would lose his leg, since he believed that it would have to be cut, fortunately, it did not have to be amputated.

Currently Álvaro is a famous actor, but at the same time he is an example of improvement for all the people who are fighting against this disease.