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The Michael J. Fox Showmay have aired for just one season, but forWendell Pierce, the experience is one he’ll remember for life.
In the short-lived sitcom, which aired from 2013 to 2014, the Tony-nominated actor playedMichael J. Fox’sonscreen boss, Harris Green, who recruits Fox’s character back to broadcast journalism after a five-year hiatus.
Offscreen, Fox, 62, and Pierce, 59, became good friends and remain pals to this day.
“Crisis doesn’t develop character, it reveals character,” he tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “There is not a better person that is emblematic of that than Michael J. Fox. He has transformed the way people advocate for his disease, how people approach it.”
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Although Pierce has moved on to other projects, including a Tony-nominated performance of Willy Loman on the West End, Broadway revivals ofDeath of a Salesmanand most recently, the popular Prime Video seriesTom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Pierce calls his friendship with Fox a “great honor.”
“He will be remembered for changing our culture in America twice, first as this great young artist and comedian, then as a man who faced his greatest challenge and rose to the occasion to create something even greater," he says.
For more on Wendell Pierce, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, or subscribehere.
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryanpremieres Friday, June 30 on Prime Video.
source: people.com
