Michael J. Fox is teaming up with Harrison Ford for a brand new PSA about Parkinson’s illness.
In a Thursday, September 2, YouTube video for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, Fox, 65, took a seat beside Ford, 84, to debate methods to present up for a pal battling the incurable progressive mind dysfunction.
In the clip, Fox, who was recognized with Parkinson’s at age 29 in 1991, shared that his No. 1 tip is to not “make it weird” earlier than joking that Ford ought to “write that down.”
“I don’t have to write it down. I have a mental note,” Ford mentioned, whereas Fox quipped, “My handwriting sucks.”
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Fox then suggested Ford to “start simple” with the pal and say one thing like, “Thanks for telling me.” From Fox’s perspective, Ford does not “need to do any fancy speeches.”
“Good, I hate big speeches,” Ford mentioned, to which Fox joked, “That’s clear.”
While Ford famous that “most people’s first instinct is to try and help,” Fox really helpful making an attempt “not to confuse helping with fixing.” He defined, “Saying you found a cure on the internet is not helping.”
For Fox, the largest mistake folks could make is worrying “so much about saying the wrong thing that they stop saying anything.” Instead, he suggested a pal to ask about getting lunch collectively.
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“OK, I think I got it,” Ford replied. “Don’t make it weird. Start simple. Help, don’t fix. Keep showing up.”
Fox then shook Ford’s hand and acknowledged that he is “officially qualified to be a friend.”
Fox went public together with his analysis in 1998 and appeared in season 3 of Shrinking earlier this 12 months alongside Ford, whose character, Dr. Paul Rhoades, has Parkinson’s.
In an episode of the beloved Apple TV present, Fox sat beside Ford in the ready room of a medical heart.
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“What are you in for?” Fox’s character, Gerry, requested Paul, who replied, “Parkinson’s. You?” Fox quipped, “Just a haircut,” and the twosome laughed.
Ahead of Fox’s look, Ford shared that he took his story line “deadly f***ing seriously.”
“There are people that absorb these kinds of experiences with grace and courage and a little bit of wisdom,” Ford instructed People in 2024. “It’s just to say that this is a person particularly equipped to communicate what it’s like, and that is something that I feel that is worth sharing with our audience.”
Ford shared that he feels like he’s “telling a story,” including, “The story I’m telling is a story that I know, and so I can just simply feel it.”