We didn’t expect Quentin Tarantino, but leaving with dignity is also an art
After his appearance in ‘The Good Fight’, Michael J Fox seemed to have vanished: it was some time later when We found out that he had retired from acting. except for the surprise appearance with some sporadic jobs. After 40 years of career, There were two reasons why it ended: his advanced Parkinson’s and, in a turn of events, Quentin Tarantino.
Once upon a time in a series of lawyers
Do you remember the fabulous ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’? There is a scene where Leonardo DiCaprio is unable to remember his lines of dialogue and goes to the dressing room to insult himself in the mirror.
Well, that is the scene that made Michael J Fox decide that he had already reached his peak and would not act again: “I had this moment where I was looking in the mirror and I thought ‘I can’t remember anymore. Well, time to move on to something else’. It was quiet”.
The former actor still has some things left to do: after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Museum of the Moving Image, he premiered his own documentary on Apple TV+, ‘The Life of Michael J Fox’, where he opens up about himself and his illness. “Every day it gets harder. You don’t die from Parkinson’s, you die with Parkinson’s. I’ve been thinking about mortality, I’m not going to make it to 80“declares the popular star.
Remembered for the ‘Back to the Future’ trilogy, ‘Teen Wolf’ or ‘Spin City’, Michael J Fox, at 62 years old, He faces a new stage of his life now retired while running his own Parkinson’s organization, which bears his name and has already raised more than 1.5 billion dollars since its creation 24 years ago. Will we see the actor again in any series or movie, even if only as a cameo? Only time will tell.
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