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Michael J. Fox announced his retirement from acting in 2020.
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michael j fox announced that he would consider withdrawing from the group. retirement For suitable acting roles.
The “Back to the Future” star announced in 2020 that he was taking a permanent break from acting, citing declining health.
However, this time, he revealed that if the role is suitable and he takes his Parkinson’s disease into consideration, he would not rule out the possibility of returning to acting.
In a candid interview with entertainment tonightthe 62-year-old star said.
“If I can think of something that reflects my reality, my challenges, if I can figure it out, then I’ll act.”
Foxx, who rose to fame in the 1980s as Alex P. Keaton on the hit sitcom Family Ties, was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease in 1991 that affected his nervous system and motor skills such as walking and speech. influenced.
The actor, who has won five Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, one Grammy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, is the winner of the Michael J. Fox Foundation Grand Prize, which raised more than $2 on Tuesday. He gave a speech ahead of a large-scale fundraising event. To date, $1 billion has been spent on research into Parkinson’s disease.
That night in Nashville, Tennessee, “Country Sings That Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s” featured many country music stars including Sheryl Crow, Little Big Town, and Jason Isbell. Participated.
During the interview, ET host Rachel Smith asked Fox what he thought about the standing ovation he received during his surprise appearance at the BAFTA Awards in London in February.
To thunderous applause, he took to the stage in a wheelchair, taking the last few steps on his own to present the award for best film to “Oppenheimer.”
He told Smith he was “surprised” and “grateful” by the response, but insisted that the work his foundation does “is not about me.”
“We can change people’s lives and change their future,” he said.
He said his illness had given him “perspective” on life, adding: Everything I need, leave me with something, give me something, I will learn something. ”
Fox’s life with his family and how living with Parkinson’s disease affects their daily lives is the subject of the Apple TV+ documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”
The film interweaves narration about the actor’s life, which has been battling Parkinson’s disease for more than 30 years, with clips from films such as “Back to the Future” and many other career highlights from his career. I am.
In it, Foxx talks about the shock of her diagnosis, which led to heavy drinking and other coping mechanisms, the huge impact on her family, and her feelings about the future.
The film was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, but fell short of 20 Days in Mariupol.
