Michael J Fox on why he wants to tell his story in documentary preview
The Back to the Future star explores his battle with Parkinson's disease in new film Still: A Michael J Fox Movie.
Tomorrow marks the release of the new documentary Still on Apple TV+, which sees Back to the Future star Michael J Fox discuss his life and battle with Parkinson's disease.
Fox was diagnosed with the illness while he was still in his late twenties, and in a new preview clip exclusive to RadioTimes.com, the actor explains why he is choosing to tell his story at this time.
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"My world is getting smaller," he responds when asked why now was the right time. "I love my mind and I love the places it takes me and I just don't want that to get cut short."
He is then asked if there might be a moment – perhaps 20 years from now – when he is no longer able to tell his story.
He responds: "Well if I'm here 20 years from now I'll either be cured or like a pickle." You can watch the clip in full below:
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Speaking in the film's press notes Fox explained that although the disease is incurable, it "still doesn't scare me".
"When I was younger, I fought the idea," he said. "When the doctor first told me, I said, 'That isn’t going to happen to me.' Good things happened to me. But then this bad thing did. The first 10 years or so, I got locked in that place, a good place, by not allowing anyone else to define my reaction to it."
He added: "Parkinson’s didn’t just kick me out of the house; it burned the f**king house down. It went after me really hard. The way I dealt with it was not to pay attention to it.
"In the last three years, I broke both femurs. I had one shoulder replaced. I broke my face. I broke my hand. I broke a lot of stuff. I realised, I could die from this, which does freak me out. But I can deal with it if it comes up. My biggest fear is to become incurious."
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The film is directed by Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim, whose past work includes An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for "Superman" and He Named Me Malala.
Its official synopsis reads: "A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s, only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis.
"The actor who is an incurable optimist is forced to confront an incurable disease."
Still: A Michael J Fox Movie will be in select cinemas and streaming globally on Apple TV+ on Friday 12th May – you can sign up to Apple TV+ here.
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