Christina Applegate has hinted at her retirement from acting after opening up about her battle with her unforgiving illness.
The 51-year-old Hollywood star, who most recently appeared in the Netflix comedy series Dead to Me, said her four-decade acting career could be coming to an end due to the pain she’s suffering because of multiple sclerosis.
“I could see the excruciating pain I was in every day I was there and I didn’t want to relive it,” the Emmy winner told Variety in a candid interview as she opened up about her experience shooting season 3 of Dead to Me.
“I had to take it in little tiny doses but I think it is a beautiful piece of work. I’m so grateful to [creator Liz Feldman] for seeing I had it in me. If this is my last job, thank God it was with [Linda Cardellini].”
Speaking of her future in the acting industry, Christina added: “We don’t know what my future as an actress is going to be. How can I handle it?
“How can I go onto a set and call the shots of what I need as far as my boundaries, physically? I don’t know who is going to be as loving and understanding as this group of people were.”
The Vacation star also revealed that portraying Jen Harding in the Netflix series was something that was closely aligned with who she is.
“This is what I had always dreamed of doing. This just sat in a pocket inside my own soul that was very easy to access and portray,” she admitted.
For her role in the show, Applegate received nominations for Emmy Awards, Critics’ Choice TV Awards, SAG Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
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