Denis Leary revives ‘Rescue Me’ with friend Michael J. Fox
By Behind The Scenes TV on Apr 7, 2009 in Actors, TV Shows
Michael J. Fox says the timing was perfect when Denis Leary asked him last year to star in a five-episode arc of Rescue Me as a bad-tempered, drug-abusing paraplegic.
“I was just finishing a book about optimism and happy thoughts (Always Looking Up), and he comes to me with this character, and I said, ‘That’s exactly what I need to do.’ “
Leary and Fox are longtime pals, and both share a love of hockey. But Fox, who has Parkinson’s disease, has been scarce on TV lately, apart from guest roles on Boston Legal andScrubs. He has trouble standing still.
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