Michael J. Fox’s surprise Leonardo DiCaprio revelation

The Back To The Future actor has revealed the unexpected role Leonardo DiCaprio had in his recent life-changing decision.

Michael J. Fox revealed a Leonardo DiCaprio film scene helped him quit acting for good.

Michael J. Fox has revealed how a Leonardo DiCaprio film scene inadvertently gave him a “peaceful” nudge towards quitting acting for good.

The 61-year-old Back To The Future actor – who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 29 – began a “second retirement” in 2020 after initially returning to work.

In a new interview with Empire, Fox opened up about the surprising factor in his decision: DiCaprio’s role in Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 Once Upon A Time … In Hollywood.

He was filming The Good Fight at the time, and his disease had left him struggling to remember his lines.

Fox has quit acting for good.

“I thought of Once Upon A Time … In Hollywood,” he said.

“There’s a scene where Leonardo DiCaprio’s character can’t remember his lines any more. He goes back to his dressing room and he’s screaming at himself in the mirror. Just freaking insane. I had this moment where I was looking in the mirror and thought, ‘I cannot remember it any more. Well, let’s move on.’ It was peaceful.”

DiCaprio alongside Brad Pitt in Once Upon A Time … In Hollywood.

Fox’s latest revelation comes just weeks after his heartbreaking interview with American current affairs program CBS Sunday Morning, in which he admitted his 30-year battle with Parkinson’s is “getting harder”.

“I’m not gonna be 80,” he said during the program.

“I’m not gonna lie. It’s getting hard, it’s getting harder. It’s getting tougher. Every day it’s tougher.”

He added that the “big killer” of Parkinson’s disease is “falling” and can also be “aspirating food and getting pneumonia,” explaining it is “all these subtle ways that gets you”.

“You don’t die from Parkinson’s. You die with Parkinson’s,” Fox said. “So – so I’ve been – I’ve been thinking about the mortality of it.”