Colin Farrell cried when his son took his first steps. The 48-year-old actor's eldest child, James, now 20, suffers from Angelman syndrome — a rare genetic disorder that involves delayed development — and he will "never forget" when the boy walked unaided for the first time, two weeks before his fourth birthday. Farrell recalled to People magazine: "(His occupational therapist said) 'James has something to show you.
' I knew they were working on walking. And I stood over there, and she let him go, and he just came to ..
. I mean, it was so profound. It was magic.
I'll never forget just the face of determination on him as he walked toward me. He took like six steps, and I burst into tears." The "Lobster" star told how a lot of families with children who have Angelman syndrome are told their kids may never walk.
He added: "So to see those first steps was just ...
I'll never forget it. It was so overwhelmingly beautiful." Farrell praised James — who is nonverbal — for having "worked so hard all his life, so hard.
" He said: "I'm proud of him every day because I just think he's magic." Get local news delivered to your inbox!.
