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Bill Lawrence Says “Mentor” Michael J. Fox Influenced ‘Shrinking’s Depiction Of Parkinson’s
After working together on 'Spin City', 'Shrinking' creator Bill Lawrence said Michael J. Fox inspired 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. Ahead of this week’s Season 2 finale, which saw Ford’s Dr. Paul Rhoades announce that he’s stopped taking his Parkinson’s meds as they’ve lost their effectiveness, Lawrence told Deadline he’s not sure when or how to approach the character’s eventual death. Fox revealed his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 1998, while working with Lawrence on the ABC sitcom Spin City(1996-2002), in which he starred as Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty.
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