by Simona Marchetti
Presenting the documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, directed by director Davis Guggenheim, the actor recalled the first, difficult years of the illness, when he took refuge in pills and bottles to stop the tremors hide
When he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the age of just 29, Michael J. Fox kept the news a secret until 1998 and continued to work as usual, but for those nine years he tried by all means to hide the symptoms of the disease, which ended up leading to this become addicted to pills and alcohol so that no one understands the severity of his shaking. “I took the dopamine pills like candy and hid the bottles in the garage. The situation had started to get out of hand, »the now 61-year-old actor confided in the documentary «Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie», which was just presented at the Sundance Film Festival and will be on until the end of the year Apple TV+ appears year.
“I didn’t know what was going on”
“I didn’t know what was going on. I didn’t know what would happen. So why not four glasses of wine and a shot? I definitely became an alcoholic, but I haven’t had a drink in 30 years now,” said the Back to the Future star in director Davis Guggenheim’s film, also explaining that he owes his sobriety to his wife, Tracy Pollan. “I woke up after a particularly bad night and she was like, ‘Is this what you want?’, ‘Is this what you want to be.'”
“You can’t pretend you don’t have Parkinson’s”
However, the decision to stop drinking was not without consequences. “My early sober years were a constant struggle with myself,” Fox said. I couldn’t handle things, I wanted to be somewhere else, do other things. You can’t pretend you don’t have Parkinson’s at home because you’re with him. But when I’m away from home and I’m with other people who don’t know I have it, I don’t have it, so I’ve gone away and done films in different parts of the world.” Since 2000, the actor has headed the foundation named after him, which is dedicated to research into Parkinson’s disease.
January 25, 2023 (change January 25, 2023 | 16:05)
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