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Apple TV+'s comedy drama Shrinking has just added a brand-new cast member. The series, which boasts stunning reviews, has Jason Segel and Harrison Ford as the leads.

The five-time Emmy-winning actor Michael J. Fox had retired from acting since his latest appearance on The Good Fight in 2020, where he reprised his character, attorney Louis Canning, from The Good Wife. The actor has continued to be active, despite battling Parkinson's for three and a half decades, being a big part of his foundation, and constantly attending Back to the Future reunions. Now, he will have a new reunion with Spin City creator, Bill Lawrence, as Deadline reports Michael J. Fox joined Lawrence's hit series Shrinking for Season 3.

Details around Fox's character are still kept under wraps, but he has officially joined the series with a "major guest-starring role." However, his new character might be tied to the character arc of Ford’s Paul Rhoades.

Apple TV+'s comedy drama Shrinking has just wrapped Season 2. The Jason Segel and Harrison Ford-led show received critical acclaim and has already been renewed for a new season.

In an interview with People, co-creator Bill Lawrence explained that the show drew inspiration from Michael J. Fox and his journey since his Parkinson's diagnosis. Fox had previously starred in the first show Lawrence created, Spin City, which ran between 1996 and 2002. The legendary actor publicly revealed his Parkinson's diagnosis during the show's run in 1998. The duo reunited on Lawrence's series Scrubs, where Fox played Dr. Kevin Casey in two episodes.

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Following Harrison Ford‘s emotional performance on the Season 2 finale of Shrinking, Bill Lawrence is unpacking the show’s depiction of Parkinson’s disease.

The 2x Emmy winner recently noted that he and Shrinking co-creator Brett Goldstein have “deep history” with Parkinson’s as both of their fathers have the disease, while explaining how his “mentor” Michael J. Fox also influenced the show.

“It’s cool to get to write about things you care about now,” Lawrence told People. “And Michael J. Fox is my first mentor. So we wanted to represent it in hopefully an inspiring and not sad or tragic way.”

He added, “I found the first mentor in my life and career, Michael J. Fox, to be so inspiring with the way he took it in stride and continues to work harder than anybody I know. And we want to kind of carry that spirit if we can into the show.

Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest names to appear as a guest star on Scrubs, but his presence created an amusing obstacle for the actor's pair of episodes. Every doctor in Scrubs serves either as a mentor or student - or at least did at some point in their careers. Fox's Scrubs character was incredibly knowledgeable, so he used his visit to Sacred Heart Hospital to share as much of what he knew as possible. The veteran actor was a brilliant addition to the sitcom's cast and remains one of the best Scrubs guest stars.

Fox's brilliance aside, his presence made the production process challenging for an interesting reason. While Fox's Parkinson's diagnosis in 1991 gradually made it more difficult for him to continue acting, it wasn't his condition that caused the Scrubs season 3 issue in question. Instead, the challenge was faced by the writers of Fox's Scrubs episodes,...