Michael J Fox returns to acting

I'm glad he's acting again, but it's strange he quit because of his illness, but it must be worse now than it had been.

Oh give me a fucking break . Its hard enough watching him do a 3 minute interview. Enough already !

Loved his character on The Good Wife/The Good Fight.

I'm sure his performance will be very... moving.

This is evil, and I'm sure I'm going to Hell, but...

It makes sense, between his ties to Lawrence and the show's subject matter; he's come out of retirement before for roles that incorporate his dyskinesia. There are also new Parkinson's drugs that could potentially make it a little easier for him to work.

R3 Agreed. I’ve just started watching that show and love his character. Not only for proving that people with disabilities can be jerks (which is why he did it), but also because Fox has such a nice-guy image.

Not only for proving that people with disabilities can be jerks

He certainly can prove that.

R1, don’t you mean that it was worse then than now if he’s returning?

He should do a remake of Tremors

OP missed the opportunity to borrow from the Paul Mescal uberfan: I’m shaking and crying as I read that Michael J Fox returns to acting.

My dad has Parkinson's and I hate watching how people point and whisper behind his back as if he doesn't know they are doing it. To my dad's credit, he doesn't give AF a carries on with his business (which just takes him a little longer than other people). I'm glad MJF is working.

As long as he has suffered from Parkinson's, he's extremely lucky that he doesn't have dementia. 80% of Parkinson's patients go on to develop dementia with a usual onset of within 10 years of the motor symptoms. I feel very bad for him.

R13: That number is based on small studies and doesn't take into consideration age at onset of Parkinson's. Fox's age when he was diagnosed is probably a protective factor. People diagnosed in their 60s, not so much.

Glad to see he’s coming back and not giving in to his illness.

[quote]That number is based on small studies and doesn't take into consideration age at onset of Parkinson's. Fox's age when he was diagnosed is probably a protective factor. People diagnosed in their 60s, not so much.

His age is definitely a protective factor: dementia's much less common in early-onset Parkinson's and our progression is typically quite slow compared to Parkinson's that develops at a traditional age.

My dad was diagnosed with Parkinson's when he was 75 (though he was showing symptoms a few years before that). He is now 86 and does not have dementia luckily.