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  • Christina Applegate hints at retiring from acting as she battles MS – National | Globalnews.ca

    Christina Applegate hints at retiring from acting as she battles MS – National | Globalnews.ca

    Christina Applegate revealed that she may not be returning to set in the near future as her multiple sclerosis (MS) progresses. The Married with Children alum was diagnosed with the chronic autoimmune disease back in 2021.

    In a profile with the Los Angeles Times, Applegate said that the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards will be her “last awards show as an actor probably, so it’s kind of a big deal.”

    Applegate is nominated for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series for her role as Jen Harding in the dark Netflix show Dead to Me. 

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    MS is a degenerative disease that attacks the central nervous system. It can affect vision, memory, balance and mobility and common symptoms include muscle stiffness, vertigo and cognitive impairment. Currently, there is no cure, according to the MS Society of Canada.

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    Applegate told the LA Times that she plans to continue working on producing and developing, but acting on-set may be out of the question given her current condition.

    “Right now, I couldn’t imagine getting up at 5 a.m. and spending 12 to 14 hours on a set; I don’t have that in me at this moment,” she said, though Applegate does plan on “doing a sh-t ton of voice-overs to make some cash to make sure that my daughter’s fed and we’re homed.”

    Applegate previously revealed that she requires a cane to walk.

    Applegate revealed her MS diagnosis in August 2021, while shooting Dead to Me’s third and final season. The show had to take a break from shooting after Applegate began to experience “leg pain and tremors,” leading to her diagnosis.

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    The actor insisted on returning to finish the season, even as the disease progressed, which proved to be a vulnerable experience.

    “I was a wreck every day, but most of that wreck would take place in my trailer by myself,” Applegate said. “But there were times I’d break down on set and be like, ‘I can’t, we have to take a break, I need a half-hour,’ and everyone was so loving that it was OK.”

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    Applegate spoke about how meaningful it was to act alongside co-star and friend Linda Cardellini, who plays Judy Hale in the Netflix comedy, saying that sometimes the “set would disappear.”

    “Everyone kind of disappeared, and it was the two of us as best friends, supporting each other, loving each other and saying goodbye to each other. I’d like to say there was skill involved, but really, Linda and I just disappeared.”

    The final season of Dead to Me aired in November 2022, but Applegate said it took her “months” before she was able to watch it.

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    “I don’t like seeing myself struggling,” she told the LA Times. “Also, I gained 40 pounds because of inactivity and medications, and I didn’t look like myself, and I didn’t feel like myself.”

    “At some point, I was able to distance myself from my own ego and realize what a beautiful piece of television it was. All the scenes I wasn’t in were so much fun to see and experience for the very first time,” she added.

    Canada has one of the highest rates of MS in the world, with an estimated 90,000 Canadians living with the disease, according to the MS Society. About 12 Canadians are diagnosed with MS every day.


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  • ‘Dead To Me’ Creator Explains Why Ending Of Final Episode Was Left ‘Ambiguous’

    ‘Dead To Me’ Creator Explains Why Ending Of Final Episode Was Left ‘Ambiguous’

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    **Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season 3 finale of “Dead to Me“.

    “Dead to Me” creator Liz Feldman is opening up about the Netflix show’s final ever episode.


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    Jen (Christina Applegate) and Judy (Linda Cardellini) travel to Mexico after Jen is diagnosed with terminal cancer. When Jen wakes up to find a goodbye note from Judy, she walks out onto the beach and notices that their sailboat is gone. 

    “I left things ambiguous in certain respects on purpose,” Feldman explained to Deadline. “You’ve spent a lot of time with these characters. I feel like our audience almost has their own relationship with Jen and Judy, and I wanted them to be able to interpret for themselves what they felt like was the end. I didn’t feel that I needed to hit you over the head with it or have any sort of formal ceremony to mark a closure.”


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    She continued: “I wanted it to feel like grief itself feels, which is that you love someone, you have these beautiful relationships, and then one day they’re gone, and you’re left to put the pieces together yourself.”

    In the final moments of the show, Jen admits that she has something she needs to tell Ben (James Marsden), however, viewers don’t find out exactly what that is.

    Many fans have assumed that she was going to tell him the truth about killing Steve. 

    “I just wanted it to be satisfying. I wanted it to be cathartic,” Feldman added, “I wanted it to feel like an emotional experience that we were all going through together as an audience. It’s a lot of pressure to end a series, so I went with the feelings that I was hoping to produce in the audience and worked backward from there.”

     

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  • Christina Applegate details multiple sclerosis progression: ‘I’m never going to accept this’ – National | Globalnews.ca

    Christina Applegate details multiple sclerosis progression: ‘I’m never going to accept this’ – National | Globalnews.ca

    Actor Christina Applegate has lost the ability to walk without a cane as a result of her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis.

    In an interview with the New York Times, Applegate, 50, discussed how filming the last season of the Netflix series Dead to Me was the “hardest thing” she’s ever had to do.

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    “This is the first time anyone’s going to see me the way I am,” Applegate told the New York Times. “I put on 40 pounds; I can’t walk without a cane. I want people to know that I am very aware of all of that.”

    The Emmy-winning actor revealed her MS diagnosis last year; MS is a degenerative autoimmune disease that impacts the brain and spinal cord. There is a myriad of symptoms, from muscle stiffness to vertigo and bladder issues.

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    Symptoms vary from person to person and in degrees of severity. It’s a lifelong condition with no known cure.


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    “It’s been a strange journey. But I have been so supported by people that I know who also have this condition,” Applegate tweeted in 2021. “It’s been a tough road. But as we all know, the road keeps going. Unless some a–hole blocks it.”

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    For Applegate, filming the new season of Dead to Me — a dramedy in which she plays Jen, a widowed real estate agent — was no easy feat. She decided to participate fully in the production despite her condition because she felt she had an “obligation” to the story and her on-set colleagues.

    Applegate struggled to work as hard or as long as she’d previously been able to, especially in the heat. She had difficulty walking down the stairs of her trailer and had to often use a wheelchair on set. Some days, Applegate couldn’t work at all.

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    Through savvy on-camera blocking (and the help of a sound technician and long-time friend who held up her legs for certain scenes), the season was completed.

    The New York Times claimed Applegate’s illness is “nearly invisible” on screen.

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    Applegate told the outlet she wished she had paid more attention to the warning signs of MS, including dizziness and tingling and numbness of her extremities prior to diagnosis.

    Though she claimed to have processed her illness, she has not accepted it.

    “Acceptance? No. I’m never going to accept this,” she said. “I’m pissed.”

    Still, she said she hopes fans of the show will be able to “get past” her change in appearance and enjoy the final season of Dead to Me. 

    “Hopefully people can get past it and just enjoy the ride and say goodbye to these two girls,” she said.

    Canada has one of the highest rates of MS in the world, with an estimated 90,000 people living with the disease, according to the MS Society of Canada. On average, the organization states, 12 Canadians are diagnosed with MS every day, with most diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 49.

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  • Christina Applegate Wanted To Finish Filming ‘Dead To Me’ On ‘Her Own Terms’ Despite MS Diagnosis

    Christina Applegate Wanted To Finish Filming ‘Dead To Me’ On ‘Her Own Terms’ Despite MS Diagnosis

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    Christina Applegate is opening up about her struggle filming “Dead to Me” with multiple sclerosis.

    The actress was diagnosed in 2021 with the disease which affects the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves, sometimes affecting coordination and mobility and causing fatigue.

    While the Netflix show’s production was put on pause for a while during the pandemic, there was also concern whether Applegate would be able to return for the final season.


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    “I had an obligation to Liz and to Linda [Cardellini], to our story. The powers that be were like, ‘Let’s just stop. We don’t need to finish it. Let’s put a few episodes together,’” she recalled in an interview to the New York Times. “I said, ‘No. We’re going to do it, but we’re going to do it on my terms.’”

    Applegate is learning to manage her new illness, which left her struggling to walk or stand at times, but she wished she had realized something was wrong earlier.

    “There was the sense of, ‘Well, let’s get her some medicine so she can get better. And there is no better,” she said.

    “Dead to Me” comes to a close with the final season, but the difficult experience filming has left her with little desire to watch it.


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    “If people hate it, if people love it, if all they can concentrate on is, ‘Ooh, look at the cripple,’ that’s not up to me,” said Applegate. “I’m sure that people are going to be, like, ‘I can’t get past it.’ Fine, don’t get past it, then. But hopefully people can get past it and just enjoy the ride and say goodbye to these two girls.”

    Her performance in the show has led to two Emmy nominations for the actress and a close friendship with her co-star Cardellini.

    The last season of “Dead to Me” airs on Nov. 17.

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