Actors on Actors, Davidson spoke about what it was like to finally receive his BPD diagnosis in 2017.
“I got diagnosed with BPD a few years ago, and I was always just so confused all the time, and just thought something was wrong, and didn’t know how to deal with it, Davidson, 27, recalled. “Then, when somebody finally tells you, the weight of the world feels lifted off your shoulders. You feel so much better.”
The actors were discussing the ways in which they could both relate to Close s new movie
Hillbilly Elegy, in which Close plays the mother of a woman with a heroin addiction (played by Amy Adams). “I think it was a very honest view of addiction and the terrible difficulty of getting out of that cycle,” said Close, whose sister dealt with addiction and mental health issues. “Because we weren’t close at the time, I really didn’t know what she was going through,” Close added.