Cancer-stricken Patrick Swayze filmed his last scene for his TV show, The Beast, today in Chicago.
On Sunday, the star – who recently called the chemo to treat his pancreatic cancer “hell on wheels” – hit up Chicago hotspot Underground to celebrate.
Arriving just after 7 p.m. dressed casually in a hoodie and baseball cap, the actor joined his wife of 33 years, Lisa Niemi, brother, Don, and club owner Billy Dec on the club’s couches.
“He had scruffy facial hair and looked relaxed, laughing easily,” an eyewitness tells Us.
His drink of choice? Cosmos! The star ordered the Grey Goose cocktails at the bar and chatted with cast members and fans.
Swayze’s wife “mingled a little more than Patrick did, leaving the couch to grab a drink or talk to people, but mostly she remained at his side. Patrick let the party-goers come to him, never circulating around the room and rarely even standing up, but when others did come to him, he chatted at length with many of them,” the witness says.
By 8:45, Swayze and his wife said their goodbyes and called it a night.
“Patrick still looked healthy and rested when he left – he didn’t appear drained by the appearance at the event,” the onlooker tells Us.
Co-star Kevin O’Connor tells Us: “He has so much energy that you don’t think about his health. In fact, I look a lot more tired than Patrick does, some of the other crew members look a lot more tired than Patrick…and I mean that, too, which is weird.”
Adds O’Connor: “I loved working with him. He’s just a great guy, and he cares so much about what he does. I mean, he doesn’t let things go, he cares so much. So it made it easier for me, he would do the dirty work and I would just sort of coast.”
Swayze has been clocking 12-hour days on the set of his drama.
“I just love to work hard,” he told the New York Times last month in his first interview since his January diagnosis.
“I’m still fine to work. I haven’t changed – oh, I have changed, what am I saying?” Swayze admitted. “It’s a battle zone I go though. Chemo, no matter how you cut it, is hell on wheels.”
The show premieres on A&E Jan. 15.
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