MICHAEL J. FOX BACK to his FUTURE

THE BELOVED STAR COMES OUT OF HIS 'SECOND RETIREMENT' WITH A GUEST ROLE

- Jennie Noonan

Returning to set to work on camera for the first time in five years, Michael J. Fox was in full flight as a guest star in Season 3 of Apple TV+ sitcom Shrinking. “I loved seeing everybody still flabbergasted by Fox’s timing,” show co-creator Bill Lawrence said at an Emmy: For Your Consideration event in Los Angeles on May 18. “Because his comedic timing is just bananas to this day.”

Fox, 64, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at age 29 in 1991 - the year after he completed the Back to the Future trilogy - surely impressed his scene partner, Harrison Ford, who plays a therapist living with Parkinson's.

“He's an incredibly powerful presence,” Ford, 82, added at the event. “Although he’s physically debilitated, his wit and his intelligence are fully intact. He’s wonderful to deal with. He’s courageous and purposeful about where he uses his energy.”

Fox has not acted on camera since 2020 and his role in TV's