Michael J. Fox says one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s performances gave him the “peaceful” push to quit acting.
The star, who officially retired from acting in 2020, revealed in a recent interview with Empire that seeing DiCaprio’s role in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood helped him commit to the decision.
The 61-year-old shared in 2020 that he was entering a “second retirement“because he”I couldn’t trust my ability to speak on any given day,” which made acting uncomfortable.
Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991 at the age of 29, but admitted he lived in “seven years of denial” before revealing his diagnosis to fans in 1998.
The “Back to the Future” star told the press that watching one of DiCaprio’s scenes in the 2019 film, which stars the 48-year-old Oscar winner as a Hollywood star struggling to realize -se that his career ends, he gave. the extra push to get away.
“I thought of ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ [and] There’s a scene where Leonardo DiCaprio’s character can’t remember his lines anymore,” Fox said. “He goes back to his dressing room and shouts at himself in front of the mirror. Just crazy.”
At the time, he said the actor’s role reminded him of his own real-life struggles, adding: “I had this moment where I looked in the mirror and thought, ‘I don’t remember this anymore.’ Well, let’s move on.’ It was quiet.”
Last month, the beloved actor opened up about his shortened life expectancy, noting that “every day is harder.”
“You don’t die of Parkinson’s. You die of Parkinson’s,” she said in one “CBS Sunday Morning” interview..
“I’ve been thinking about his mortality. … I’m not going to be 80,” he added. “Every day is harder.”
Fox’s documentary “Still” about her journey with the incurable disease is now streaming on Apple TV+.
