Michael J. Fox Reveals Why His Late Mother Didn't Want Him to Film 'Back to the Future'
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The actor almost wasn't Marty McFly!
While it's hard to imagine anyone else in the role of Marty McFly, Michael J. Fox revealed his mother was hesitant about him filming the now-iconic movie, Back to the Future.
The actor was in attendance for the Back to the Future reunion panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday, where he shared a story about his mother, revealing she passed away on Sept. 24 at the age of 92.
The actor recalled that his mother was against him filming the classic movie because he would have been "too tired."
"I was 23 years old, and I called her, she was in Canada, and I said, 'they want me to do this Steven Spielberg movie, but I have to do it at night and I have to do Family Ties in the daytime.' And she said, 'You'll be too tired,'" but Fox noted that his response to his mother was, "I live for this kind of tired. It'll be okay."
"To this day — well, till two weeks ago — my mother thought it was a really bad idea for me to do Back to the Future. She loved the movie, [but she was right], I got tired," he said.
The actor—who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease when he was 29—was joined on stage at the convention by his Back to the Future co-star Christopher Lloyd.
According to Variety, Fox spoke about his Parkinson's diagnosis during the convention, noting, “Parkinson’s is the gift that keeps on taking — but it’s a gift, and I wouldn’t change it for anything."
“People like Chris have been there a lot for me, and so many of you have. It’s not about what I have, it’s about what I’ve been given — the voice to get this done, and help people out," he said.
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