actor jon bernthal has revealed that he had to drop out of a major hollywood project after his daughter suffered a seizure and went into coma in a profile published a magazine the actor said that he was set to play dave scott in the ryan goslingstarrer space drama but after he dropped out the part went to christopher abbott he said his daughter adeline was diagnosed with encephalitis a potentially fatal viral infection that causes inflammation of the brain when she was two read alsojon bernthal returning to the walking deadactor jon bernthal is all set to return to the walking dead in its ninth seasonadeline was in a coma for three days and when she awoke she did not recognise her family his credited his wife erin angle a trauma nurse for helping adeline by staying calm and pouring love into our daughter every step of the way people talk about bravery like fake macho bravery but my wife didnt flinch what i saw in my wife was courage and beauty unlike id ever seen he added the actor said that adeline now three has since made a full recovery bernthal and angle got married in september 2010 the couple is also parents to sons sevenyearold henry and fiveyearold billy