"There's a sequence where the character from 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' can no longer remember his lines", recalls the eternal star of the 'Back to the Future trilogy
Michael J. Fox has revealed that his decision to retire came after watching a Leonardo DiCaprio scene in Quentin Tarantino's award-winning film, 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2019).
In a recent interview with the magazine, the now 61-year-old actor said that a specific moment in the film reminded him of the challenges he faces in real life due to Parkinson's.
Fox recalled that when he went to film his participation in 'The Good Fight', a spin-off of the hit series 'The Good Wife', he had trouble remembering his lines due to his illness.
“I thought of ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,'” the 61-year-old star said. “There's a scene where Leonardo DiCaprio's character can no longer remember his lines. He goes back to the dressing room and is yelling at himself in the mirror. Just insane.”
Fox said the situation with him was very similar, but he managed to remain calm. “I had a moment where I was looking in the mirror and I thought, 'I can't remember anymore. Well, let’s move on.’ It was smooth sailing.”
The actor was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991 when he was just 29 years old but only revealed it to the public seven years later. In 2020, less than a year after the film's release, Fox announced that he was retiring for a second time.
Symptoms of the disease include hand tremors, stiff muscles, impaired posture and balance, speech changes, and cognitive problems. The disease has no cure, but the actor founded a charity that invents research to find it.
Recently, Fox revealed that living with Parkinson's is "getting harder" by the day. “I mean, I'm not going to lie, it's getting harder. It's getting harder. It gets harder every day, but that's the way it is," he told the Magazine.
“You don't die from Parkinson's. You die with Parkinson's," he said. “So I've been thinking about the mortality of that. I won't make it to 80."
