Michael J. Fox has been giving many interviews recently thanks to his upcoming documentary film Again: A Story by Michael J. Fox, which is a must-see movie! During a recent interview with Empire, Fox opened up about his decision to quit acting permanently due to his Parkinson’s disease.
That difficult decision came during a time when he was filming scenes for the television series The Good Fight, and during this time he was really struggling to remember his lines. The actor revealed that when he made the decision to quit acting, he thought of a scene from Quentin Tarantino Once upon a time in Hollywood. He said:
“I thought about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. There is a scene where Leonardo DiCaprio’s character can no longer remember his lines. He goes back to his dressing room and is screaming at himself in the mirror. Just damn crazy. I had this moment where I was looking in the mirror and thinking, ‘I can’t remember this anymore. Well, let’s move on.’ He was calm.
The scene Fox references here is one of the film’s most memorable sequences as Rick Dalton (Leonardo Dicaprio) has a wildly exaggerated fit over forgetting his lines for the movie he was making, and in a fit of rage destroys his trailer. Previously speaking of this epic collapse scene, Tarantino said:
“It wasn’t actually in the script, so we never rehearsed it or anything. Leo had it all. At one point he was like, ‘Look, I need to screw up during the ‘Lancer’ sequence, okay? And when I screw up during the ‘Lancer’ sequence, I need to have a real crisis of conscience about it and I have to go back from that.'”
Fox has had a fantastic career, and speaking of how people see him as a hero for living openly with his illness, he said: “It’s just a nice way for people to let me know they’re moved by my acceptance of things and how I’ve tried to make a difference. But no matter how much I sit here and tell you about how I’ve accepted it philosophically and taken its toll, Parkinson’s is still kicking my ass. I’m not going to win in this. I will lose. But there is much to be gained in loss.
via IndieWire
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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