Rick Moranis had everything Hollywood has to offer: fame, multimillion-dollar contracts, and the public’s affection as cinema’s most lovable nerd, thanks to films like Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
In 1991, he lost his wife to cancer and was left alone with two young children. He did not hesitate for a second: he chose school meetings over film shoots, and family dinners over red carpets. The world called it retirement. He simply chose to be a full-time dad.
Nearly three decades later, that thick-glasses nerd took the stage again, this time at San Diego Comic-Con. Thousands of people stood up to give him a standing ovation. They were not only applauding the actor he had been, but the father he chose to be.
