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Michael J. Fox Mentors Harrison Ford’s Parkinson’s Portrayal in Shrinking Season 3

Fox’s real-life insights have been essential to Ford’s accurate depiction of his character’s advancing symptoms in the newly wrapped third season.

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Harrison Ford and Michael J. Fox.
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Overview

  • Michael J. Fox joins the Season 3 cast of Apple TV+’s Shrinking to lend his personal experience with Parkinson’s disease to Harrison Ford’s role.
  • Ford lauds Fox’s on-set presence as essential for understanding the physical and emotional realities of living with the disorder.
  • Ford earned his first Emmy nomination for Shrinking’s second season and is committed to portraying Parkinson’s respectfully, not for entertainment value.
  • Season 3 filming wrapped in July and will chart Dr. Paul Rhoades’s deeper physical decline and a new alliance with a character portrayed by Wendie Malick.
  • The upcoming season is set to stream on Apple TV+ this fall.