‘Still,' a new documentary from Michael J. Fox uses a mix of interviews, home movies, archive footage and scripted scenes to tell the actor’s life story, from being a 1980s heartthrob to living with Parkinson’s disease
Actor Michael J. Fox accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 13th Governors Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File PhotoNEW YORK, May 11 - For his armies of fans, Michael J. Fox will always be the eternal teenager, the 1980s heartthrob, the fresh-faced star of "Family Ties" and "Back to the Future".
"It's a lot about the experience of living with a chronic disease and finding a way to do it successfully and in a way that ... gives you room to be who you are and who you want to be," Fox said.He recalls turning to alcohol and doing his best to mask the shaking in his left hand while filming the hit comedy show "Spin City".In the film he makes no attempts to hide his symptoms. Producers offered him a change to make edits, to cut some of the worst stumbles and shakes.
"I called Lonnie, his wife, and I said you’ve got to tell me about when he saw himself on television... Was he upset, did he feel like he missed it? She said he loved it, he’d watch it all day long. And I thought, well that’s good because he owns it.”
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