Shrinking Season 3 is presently in manufacturing, and most of the particulars are being stored underwaps. What has been confirmed, nonetheless, is that the upcoming season will mark Michael J. Fox’s return to performing. Not an excessive amount of data has been shared in regard to the Emmy winner’s position, although there’s been rumor for loads of hypothesis on Fox’s character. Now, sequence co-creator Invoice Lawrence is giving followers a style of what they will anticipate from his former collaborator’s presence on the present, and I’m relieved for one explicit motive.
For a while now, Michael J. Fox has mentioned his choice to step away from common performing attributable to the truth that he has Parkinson’s Illness. So it was a pleasing shock when it was reported that he’d be getting again within the sport for Shrinking. After all, even after that affirmation there was nonetheless a query of how large his position can be. Nicely, as Invoice Lawrence revealed to TVLine, Fox’s involvement quantities to greater than a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo:
It’s not only a walk-by. He ended up being in two or three [episodes], and it’s vital. He has an actual character, an actual position in Harrison Ford’s character’s life, and it was actually enjoyable to do.
To say that I’m delighted to seek out out that the Rising Pains icon will seem on a number of episodes of the therapy-centered dramedy sequence can be an understatement. Certainly, I assumed that Fox’s well being must be considered upon his casting, so the potential for his position being small was undoubtedly vital. As somebody who’s lengthy been a fan of the Canadian actor, that is all music to my ears.
Invoice Lawrence and Michael J. Fox have historical past, as the 2 labored collectively on the hit sitcom Spin Metropolis. Fox finally left the present after the fourth season to spend extra time together with his household amid his Parkinson’s prognosis and inform the general public on the illness. In 2024, Lawrence admitted that Fox’s experiences with the medical situation influenced how he approached its depiction on Shrinking. (Harrison Ford’s character, Paul Rhodes, has it.) Lawrence shared extra particulars on how the illness pertains to Fox’s character:
On a present that offers with Parkinson’s, and has a personality that repeatedly sees a neurologist for remedy of his Parkinson’s, it was simple to have Mike play an precise character with the situation. He’s enjoying somebody who’s 100% not him — each in how he reacts to it, and the way he offers with it — however he can nonetheless play his character’s fact higher than anybody else might.
Michael J. Fox isn’t the one newcomer headed to Season 3 of Shrinking. Jeff Daniels is becoming a member of the already-stellar ensemble and is enjoying the estranged father of Jason Segel’s Jimmy Laird. Followers may even see extra of Cobie Smulders’ Sofi, who could or could not type some form of bond with Jimmy. I’m excited for what lies forward throughout the new episodes, particularly now that I do know Fox will present up on a number of episodes.
For now, stream the primary two seasons of Shrinking utilizing an Apple TV+ subscription. That very same membership may even grant customers entry to the critically acclaimed documentary Nonetheless: A Michael J. Fox Film.