Michael J. Fox doesn’t really watch his movies regularly. But there was a rather unique reaction when he just happened to see “Back to the Future” recently on TV.
The 61-year-old played the lead role of Marty McFly in the much-loved film that became a trilogy between 1985-1990.
Fox interviewed with Entertainment Weekly and she shared how it felt to watch himself in the opening scene of the original film with so much time passing.
“A few Christmases ago, we were in the living room decorating the tree. I went to the kitchen to get some cookies or something, and when I didn’t come back after like 20 minutes or so, they said, ‘Michael, where the hell are you?’ And I had stopped in front of the TV because I saw the opening scene from ‘Back to the Future,’ and I hadn’t watched it since 1986,” he explained.
“So, I watched the movie. All the kids came in and watched me watch ‘Back to the Future.’ Then they got bored and left,” he added.
The father of four enjoyed the moment with his wife, Tracy Pollan, even after his kids moved on.
“I said to Tracy — it’s the first time I ever said, ‘You know what? I’m pretty good in this movie,'” he recalled. “She said, ‘Yeah, no s—. Welcome to the admiration club.’”
The actor explained that he wasn’t trying to pat himself on the back for his acting skills, he just was proud at the moment.
“I said, ‘No, I never really gave myself credit for being involved in this movie.’ So I didn’t mean I’m good like I’m a great actor. I meant I’m good like I followed; I remembered the dance steps that I needed to do, to move a great movie along,” he said.
Fox will be featured in a new Apple TV+ documentary about his life called “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”
The pitch for this doc was: “What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?”
