Doug Savant Reflects on Decades-Long Friendship with Michael J. Fox originally appeared on Parade.
Doug Savant is opening up about his 40 year-long friendship with Michael J. Fox after meeting on the set of 1985’s Teen Wolf.
At Lifetime’s Summer Soirée event, Savant opened up to People about his time working on the cult classic and the unexpected connection he formed with Fox.
“I have such great memories from that film,” Savant said. “I grew up in Burbank, California, and I went to school with Philip McKeon and Nancy McKeon – Nancy McKeon from Facts of Life and Phil McKeon from Alice. And we were dear friends.”
Early in his acting career, Savant booked Teen Wolf alongside Fox, who happened to be dating Nancy at the time.
“He went home and Nancy asked, ‘Who’s in the movie with you? Let me see the call sheet.’ And she said, ‘Doug Savant? We were family friends,'” he explained.
“One day, Michael comes to work, he says, ‘Why didn’t you tell me that?’ He was upset with me that I had not told him,” Savant continued. “I just wanted to do my job and be professional, but I had not said anything.”
From then on, Savant says he and Fox “were quick to be friends and hang out,” noting that they “had a great time” together on set.
While Savant’s role in Teen Wolf was small, he said he’s proud to have been part of something that still has audiences talking 40 years later.
“The movie has had a stunning lifetime, and people love it. They made sequels, and it resonated. So I’m just grateful to have been a small part of it,” he said.
The film finds ways to surprise him to this day, including on set of one of his most recent projects.
“The craft service person would play movies, and he puts on Teen Wolf,” Savant added. “And there I was doing my job on a new show, but watching Teen Wolf in the craft service trailer.”
Since the 2000s, Fox’s focus has shifted from acting to working towards a cure for Parkinson’s disease after being diagnosed in 1991 at the age of 29.
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Doug Savant Reflects on Decades-Long Friendship with Michael J. Fox first appeared on Parade on Jul 26, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 26, 2025, where it first appeared.
