He first noticed the disturbing symptoms of the disease on the set of the movie “Doctor Hollywood” in 1991. But at the time, he didn’t know what they really meant. It was shaking hands, then problems with short-term memory began – the actor used to have no problems learning his lines, but it became more and more difficult for him. In the new trailer of the documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”, which will be shown in May on the Apple+ TV platform, he talked about how he slowly discovered the truth about his health.
Michael J. Fox openly about how he noticed the first symptoms of the disease
Fox was at the height of his fame in the early 1990s. The first disturbing changes began with the little finger of his hand. – I woke up and saw that my little finger was on autopilot. Parkinson’s disease, he says. – I remember when I gave my wife Tracy this message. She replied: in health and in sickness. No one except my family knew I was sick. There was only one reason I took those pills: to hide.
he kept secret for most of the 1990s. He did not announce to the public that he had Parkinson’s disease until 1998. For seven difficult years, he struggled with worsening symptoms and denied the difficult truth, which eventually led to depression.
He tried to work normally – to stave off the early signs of the disease, he took dopamine pills in bulk, and he always tried to hold some props to hide the tremors in his hands. Years later, he confessed that when he realized he was terminally ill, he fell into alcoholism. With the help of his wife and children, he sobered up, but said it was a terrible experience – he had no way to escape himself. The disease made him take up charity work and get involved in raising funds for the search for a cure for Parkinson’s. The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research has raised more than $1.5 billion for this cause since 2000.
The director of the film emphasizes in interviews that their goal was not to make a sad documentary about the disease that defeated the actor. Fox remarks, “That would be boring. In the film’s trailer, he remarks, “I’m a tough son of a bitch.
Source: Gazeta
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