Michael J. Fox's return to acting and his Shrinking season 3 character are explained by Bill Lawrence. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991 and informed the public of this development in 1998. The impact of his Parkinson's disease symptoms eventually led Fox to retire from acting in 2020.

This retirement proved to only be temporary, though, as it was announced in May that Fox had joined Shrinking season 3 in a guest-starring role. Lawrence, who is one of the show's co-creators, previously worked with Fox on Spin City and Scrubs .

While speaking with TVLine , Lawrence revealed that Fox told him about missing the experience of acting, which led to him being cast in Shrinking . Lawrence teased that Fox is not playing a fictional version of himself and i

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