Michael J. Fox will likely be making his return to appearing for the upcoming third season of Shrinking.
In accordance with Deadline Hollywood, Fox will return to appearing for the primary time since 2020 for a visitor function in Apple TV+‘s third season of Shrinking alongside Jason Segel and Harrison Ford.
Whereas particulars surrounding Michael J. Fox’s function within the present is being stored below wraps, it’s anticipated that his look will tie right into a storyline revolving Ford, whose character was identified with Parkinson’s Illness in season one.
Fox’s Shrinking casting may also see him reunite with collection co-creator Invoice Lawrence. The 2 had beforehand labored on the 1996 sitcom Spin Metropolis. Fox departed the venture in 2000 after his Parkinson’s Illness signs worsened. Fox additionally had a two-episode arc as a genius physician with OCD in Lawrence’s Scrubs.
Fox’s look in Shrinking comes after it was revealed late final yr that the present’s portrayal of Parkinson’s illness was impressed by Michael J. Fox. Invoice Lawrence mentioned: “I discovered the primary mentor in my life and profession, Michael J. Fox, to be so inspiring. The way in which he took it in stride and continues to work tougher than anyone I do know. And we need to type of carry that spirit if we are able to into the present.”
Michael J. Fox was identified with Parkinson’s illness at age of 29 in 1991 and retired from appearing in 2020. He went on to discovered the Michael J. Fox Basis in 2000 to assist fund analysis into discovering a remedy. His final roles up to now come within the type of the TV collection The Good Struggle, and the 2021 movie Again Residence Once more, for which he supplied voice appearing in 2020.
In April 2024, he shared that he was open to the thought of appearing once more: “If somebody provides me a component and I do it and I’ve a great time, nice. I might do appearing if one thing got here up that I may put my realities into it, my challenges, if I may determine it out.”
