Parkinson's 'made me present in every moment of my life,' says Michael J. Fox
"I've always counted on movement, to not only propel me from place to place, but to express myself," Fox says. The Apple TV+ film Still draws viewers into Fox's painful reality with the disease.
What really got to me was the walk.
Early in the film Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, we see the Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy award-winning performer trying to walk down a city street. Even as his equilibrium is severely distorted by the effects of Parkinson's disease, Fox energetically launches himself into the task — moving forward with a lurching gait that seems as if he might spin off into an unpredictable direction at any moment.
Behind him, an aide who is also a movement coach
