With Parkinson's, Michael J. Fox considers returning to acting after retirement

Michael J. Fox revealed that he would consider coming out of retirement for the right acting role. The “Back to the Future” star announced in 2020 that he was taking a break from performing for good due to his deteriorating health.

Now, however, he has revealed that he wouldn't rule out returning to acting, as long as the role is suitable and takes into account his Parkinson's disease.

In a candid interview with Entertainment Tonight, the 62-year-old star said: “If someone offers me a role and I do it and have fun, great.”

“I would act if something came up where I could put my realities, my challenges, if I could figure it out.”

Fox, who rose to fame as Alex P. Keaton in the hit 1980s comedy “Face and Face,” was diagnosed in 1991 with an incurable degenerative disease that affects the nervous system and motor skills, including walking and speaking.

The five-time Emmy-winning actor, who also has four Golden Globes, a Grammy and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, was speaking before a major fundraiser Tuesday for the Michael J. Fox Foundation. The entity has already raised more than US$2 billion (around R$10 billion) for research into Parkinson's.

He was joined by a host of country music stars, including Sheryl Crow, Little Big Town and Jason Isbell, to the “A Country Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson's” event, which took place in Nashville, Tennessee, that night.

During the interview, ET host Rachel Smith asked Fox how he felt about the standing ovation he received for his surprise Bafta appearance in London in February.

Received with much applause, he took the stage in a wheelchair, but took the last steps to the podium without assistance to present the award for Best Film to “Oppenheimer”.

He told Smith he was “surprised” and “appreciated” the response, although he insisted the work his foundation does “isn’t about me.”

“We can change people’s lives and change the future,” he said.

He said his illness gave him “perspective” on life, adding: “It’s a gift that keeps coming, but it’s a gift. Everything it takes leaves me something and gives me something and I learn something.”

Fox's life with his family and how living with Parkinson's affects his everyday reality is the subject of the Apple TV+ documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”

It intersperses the actor's narration about his life, recounting his more than 30 years with Parkinson's, with clips from films such as “Back to the Future” and many other highlights of his career.

In it, Fox talks about the shock of his diagnosis, which led to excessive alcohol consumption and other coping mechanisms, the enormous impact on his family, and his feelings about the future.

The film received a Bafta nomination for best documentary, but lost to “20 Days in Mariupol”.

Source: CNN Brasil

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