Michael J. Fox Makes a Big Announcement Years After Retirement
Actor Michael J. Fox announced his retirement from acting in 2020 when it became clear to him that his fight with Parkinson’s disease was just too much to overcome and remain in front of the cameras. But now he says he…
Actor Michael J. Fox announced his retirement from acting in 2020 when it became clear to him that his fight with Parkinson’s disease was just too much to overcome and remain in front of the cameras. But now he says he is still open to the right role.
Fox sat down with “Entertainment Tonight’s” Rachel Smith in Nashville last week ahead of an April 2 event for his Michael J. Fox Foundation and strolled down memory lane when “ET” replayed an interview he gave in 1984 when he was starring on the TV sitcom “Family Ties.”
In the clip, a 22-year-old Fox said that he wanted to “do it all” in film — act, write, direct, edit and produce. And as his star was just rising, he did, indeed, achieve many of those goals over his decades in Hollywood.
But even as his mounting achievements made him famous, a cruel fate became evident when in 1998, at the age of only 37, Fox announced he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
As CNN noted at the time, Fox had been aware of the disease since 1992 and had been taking treatments in the hope of pushing its effects off as long as possible. There was not then, nor is there now, any cure, but there are treatments for the brain disorder that causes uncontrollable movements, such as shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with balance and coordination.
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