Michael J. Fox reflects on his friendship with Back to the Future franchise co-star Christopher Lloyd
- The 61-year-old actor opened up about their relationship on Saturday in a Variety Studio interview presented by Audible at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
- Lloyd, 84, played Doc Brown in the sci-fi comedy franchise.
- Fox played Marty McFly in the Back to the Future movies
- The Family Ties star received a standing ovation at Sundance on Friday after the world premiere of his documentary Still, which examines his legendary acting career and his battle with Parkinson’s disease.
- Still: A Michael J. Fox movie is coming to Apple TV+ later this year
Michael J. Fox has reflected on his friendship with his Back to the Future franchise co-star Christopher Lloyd.
The 61-year-old actor opened up about their relationship on Saturday at a Variety Studio Interview Presented by Audible at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
‘Chris is a great guy. He is very enigmatic,” Fox said of his 84-year-old co-star who played Doc Brown in the sci-fi comedy franchise.
Franchise friend: Michael J. Fox, shown in Utah on Saturday, has reflected on his friendship with his Back To The Future franchise co-star Christopher Lloyd.
“It took me a few movies to get to know him. In ‘Back to the Future III’ we connected in a way that we hadn’t in the other movies. He came to see how much he liked acting. I never had that before. To sit down and talk about acting and talk about Shakespeare and ‘King Lear’… This guy can play King Lear! People don’t expect that of him. He is full of surprises,” Fox added.
He continued: ‘He can tell the story of a movie in two seconds and you get it. We, the usual actors, have to design hours and hours to get the information out. Chris is brilliant at that. His love for film and his love for being an actor…he’s not just a crazy guy, he’s an artist.’
Fox starred as Marty McFly in the franchise that spawned three movies, a short, and an animated series.
The Family Ties star earned a standing ovation at Sundance on Friday after the world premiere of his documentary Still, which examines his legendary acting career and his battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Popular movies: The 61-year-old actor appears with Lloyd, 84, in a still from the 1990 film Back to the Future III.
Together again: Lloyd and Fox attended a Back to the Future reunion last October at New York Comic Con in New York City
Still: A Michael J. Fox movie is coming to Apple TV+ later this year.
Fox discovered he had Parkinson’s disease after waking up from a night of drinking to find his little finger twitching in 1990. After it wouldn’t stop, he went to see a neurologist in 1991 and was diagnosed with the disease.
The actor has been married since 1988 to actress Tracy Pollan, 62, and they have four children together.
Strong: The actor has been married since 1988 to actress Tracy Pollan, who was shown together in November in Los Angeles, and they have four children together
Great guy: ‘Chris is a great guy. He’s very enigmatic,’ Fox said of his co-star Lloyd, who played Doc Brown in the sci-fi comedy franchise, which was shown in November in Los Angeles.
Fox retired from acting in 2020 after a career resurgence in the early 2000s with Good Fight and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
He began his career by dropping out of Canadian high school and moving to Hollywood at age 16.
Fox is now writing books about his experience and funding Parkinson’s research through his Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Time Travelers: Fox and Lloyd are shown in costume for the 1988 film Back to the Future 2