{"id":66055,"date":"2025-10-10T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/66055\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:26:09","slug":"back-to-the-future-star-michael-j-fox-jokes-hes-always-retiring-ahead-of-upcoming-supporting-role-in-apple-tv-series-shrinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/66055\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Future Star Michael J. Fox Jokes He’s ‘Always Retiring’ Ahead of Upcoming Supporting Role in Apple TV+ Series Shrinking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael J. Fox has returned to acting after retiring five years ago \u2014 but it turns out the Back to the Future<\/a> star didn\u2019t necessarily see his original retirement as the end of his life in showbiz. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always retiring,\u201d he told People<\/a> magazine in a recent cover story interview. And as for getting back into the scene with his upcoming role on the hit Apple TV+ dramedy Shrinking<\/a>? \u201cIt\u2019s just been really positive, really energizing,\u201d he gushed to the outlet about his first role since 2020\u2019s The Good Fight.<\/p>\n

The supporting role Fox plays on the series is a special one \u2014 as it appears his character lives with Parkinson\u2019s disease, which Fox has also lived with since his diagnosis in 1991. He first revealed his diagnosis seven years later in 1998. The actor was interested in working on the series after he discovered lead Harrison Ford\u2019s character was diagnosed on the show. <\/p>\n

\"null\"<\/a>Michael J. Fox isn’t done with acting yet. Photo by Erika Goldring\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018You did a show about Parkinson\u2019s, and you didn\u2019t call me?\u2019\u201d Fox explained of getting on the series. \u201cAnd he said, \u2018Oh, you want to do it?\u2019 And I said, \u2018I\u2019d love to do it.\u2019 So he said, \u2018Let me think about it, see what I can do.\u2019 So he went to work on it and came up with this concept, it\u2019s really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The experience of working on the dramedy was even better than a normal gig for him, simply because he got to exist in his normal state \u2014 and not apologize for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the first time ever I get to show up on-set, and I didn\u2019t have to worry about am I too tired or coughing or anything,\u201d Fox noted. \u201cI just do it. It was really good, because for the moments when I say, \u2018I\u2019m not going to be able to do this,\u2019 then I say, \u2018Well, I\u2019ll just deal with how I can\u2019t do it in the scene.\u2019 And you get through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The specifics of Fox\u2019s role, and Season 3 in general, have been mostly kept under wraps, but Ford told Variety<\/a> earlier this year that Fox was an indispensable part of what\u2019s to come on the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael\u2019s courage, his fortitude and his grace, more than anything else, is on full display. He\u2019s very smart, very brave, noble, generous, passionate guy, and an example to all of us, whether we\u2019re facing Parkinson\u2019s or not,\u201d Ford told the outlet at the time. \u201cYou cannot help but recognize how amazing it is to have such grace\u2026 Parkinson\u2019s is not funny. And I want to get it right. It\u2019s necessary to be correct with what we do in respect of the challenge that Parkinson\u2019s represents, and that we don\u2019t use it for its entertainment value.\u201d<\/p>\n

As far as how Parkinson\u2019s is affecting Fox\u2019s life these days, he has a really positive attitude even when things are difficult. \u201cI keep getting new challenges physically, and I get through it. I roll around in a wheelchair a lot, and it took some getting used to,\u201d he told People. \u201cYou take the good, and you seize it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor is still hungry for life and to create. \u201cI see other people\u2019s work, and it makes me think that I might be able to find something that\u2019s for me as an actor and as a writer,\u201d he revealed in the interview. \u201cAnd as a parent, husband and friend, I have a lot left to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Season 3 of Shrinking has yet to receive an official release date, but all signs point to the show returning pretty soon. <\/p>\n

Photo by Erika Goldring\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael J. Fox has returned to acting after retiring five years ago \u2014 but it turns out the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-66055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}