In a recent appearance, Back to the Future star Michael J. Fox said he regrets a role he turned down to this day. It’s about an emotional ’90s hit with Whoopi Goldberg.
With his role as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future series, Michael J. Fox became a cult actor. Due to his Parkinson’s disease, the star largely withdrew from the business from 2000. The new Apple TV+ documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie has just brought Fox back into the public eye. Now, as a guest on a talk show, he revealed which rejected role he regrets to this day.
Michael J. Fox angry over rejected leading role in Ghost
According to Deadline Fox was guest starring alongside Whoopi Goldberg on ABC’s The View. Here he told the actress directly that it haunts him to this day to have turned down the lead role in Ghost – Message from Sam:
“There was an opportunity to work with you that I missed. You talked to me early on about Ghost. I said, ‘This is never going to work.’ I said, ‘Whoopi’s great, but it’s never going to work.’ And then it was great and huge and I’m a fucking idiot. “
In place of Fox, Patrick Swayze took the lead role in Ghost – Message from Sam alongside Demi Moore. The story about the murdered banker who wants to save his great love from his murderer as a ghost from the afterlife became a box office sensation. With a budget of around 22 million dollars, Ghost – Message from Sam grossed over 500 million dollars worldwide.
