Michael J Fox stuns Whoopi Goldberg by revealing why he turned down the film Ghost
The former actor-turned-activist, 61, was a visitor on US panel present The View to advertise his new Apple TV+ documentary Still about his battle with Parkinson’s illness.
During the chat, Fox and Goldberg, 67, mentioned their long-lasting friendship, with Goldberg asking if there have been any performing roles that he “regretted” turning down.
“There was a chance to work with you that I missed,” Fox replied, which clearly caught the Sister Act star without warning.
“They talked to me about Ghost early on. I said, ‘It’ll never work.’ I said, ‘Whoopi’s great, but it’ll never work.’ And then it was great and huge, and I’m a f***ing idiot!”
Whoopi Goldberg was clearly shocked
/ The View / ABCGoldberg starred reverse Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze within the 1990 romantic drama, which was the highest-grossing movie that yr and, on the time of its launch, the third highest-grossing movie of all time.
He didn’t make clear whether or not he was within the operating for Swayze’s function or one other half.
Canada-born Fox was an in-demand Hollywood star when he was recognized with early onset Parkinson’s illness on the age of 29.
He has since devoted his life to discovering a remedy and helped elevate over two billion {dollars} for the trigger.
Fox stays optimistic about discovering a remedy, just lately saying: “I feel it’s closer than it’s ever been”.
Appearing on ITV’s Lorraine, he defined: “I think we’ve found this biomarker which is huge, identifying the disease and therefore being able to treat it earlier.
“It was a gigantic breakthrough – we didn’t expect to make it this soon. We were working on it for a long time, ten years ago we talked about it.”