Samuel L. Jackson plays a man struggling with crippling dementia and memory loss in Apple TV+‘s The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey. Photo: Apple TV+
Samuel L. Jackson on depicting dementia in The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey on Apple TV+
- Jackson has a history of Alzheimer’s in his family, so Walter Mosley’s 2010 novel The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, about a man with crippling dementia, resonated
- ‘It’s something I’ve been preparing for a long time,’ says Jackson, who is executive producer of Apple TV+’s six-episode adaptation and plays the title role
Samuel L. Jackson plays a man struggling with crippling dementia and memory loss in Apple TV+‘s The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey. Photo: Apple TV+
