Michael J. Fox has recently opened up about returning to the big screen, and he's not ruling out acting again.
Back in 2020, fans were left devastated when the Back To The Future star first announced that he would be retiring from acting, but it seems as though all is not lost despite his battle with Parkinson's disease.
Fox was initially diagnosed with Parkinson's back in 1991 but kept it hidden from the world for seven years while he silently battled the disease. However, as it progressed further, it seemed as though Fox had no choice but to take a step back from his career, after admitting that it affected his memory and made it difficult to remember lines of dialogue.
But it seems as though he's not ruling it out completely.
In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, he stated that he would consider acting again "if [he] could figure it out."
"If someone offers me a part and I do it and I have a good time, great," he said. "I would do acting if something came up that I could put my realities into it, my challenges, if I could figure it out."
Last year, he opened up to Empire about what helped him come to the realization that he had to call it a day with acting and it was none other than a scene in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood.
"I thought of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Fox told the outlet about the decision. "There's a scene where Leonardo DiCaprio's character can't remember his lines anymore. He goes back to his dressing room and he's screaming at himself in the mirror. Just freaking insane.
"I had this moment where I was looking in the mirror and thought, 'I cannot remember it anymore,'" he added.
After confirming his decision, Fox said that he decided it was time to "move on," and that his decision "was peaceful."
The veteran actor first discovered he had the degenerative condition when he was just 29 years old in 1991 after he complained of a twitching little finger and a sore shoulder.
Fox didn't go public with his diagnosis for another seven years, dealing with the illness by drinking excessively behind the scenes. But after a reality check, he decided to get some help with his addiction his life back on track.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, he described Parkinson's as a "gift."
"I always say Parkinson's is a gift and people say to me, 'How can you possibly describe it as a gift?' And I say, 'It is the gift that keeps on taking, but it is a gift,'" he explained. "I'm really happy with the way my life has turned out and I love the chance I have to be of service."
To find out more information about Parkinson's, head over to Parkinson.org.
