FOX - FOX EMBRACED BAD GUY ROLE

FOX EMBRACED BAD GUY ROLE

MICHAEL J. FOX jumped at the chance to play a bitter, drug-addicted character in U.S. TV drama RESCUE ME - so he could ditch his reputation as Hollywood's 'Mr. Nice Guy'.
The actor plays the disabled love interest of Janet Gavin, the ex-wife of lead actor Denis Leary's character Tommy Gavin, in the gritty firefighter series, and Fox embraced the idea he'd be playing an ill-tempered bad guy.
He says, "People don't often think of me as a bitter misanthrope, so to get to play one, it's too fun to pass up."