Fox Wows Fans With Impromptu Convention Appearance
Michael J. Fox stunned Back To The Future devotees at the weekend when he showed up at a fan convention unannounced.
The actor flew to Los Angeles from New York for a week of promotional activities and discovered there was a fan convention dedicated to his time travel film a short drive away from his hotel.
He says, "Somebody told me there was a Back To The Future convention and then I heard that (co-star) Chris Lloyd was gonna be there and Lea Thompson, who I hadn't seen in years.
"They had asked me, I guess, before if I would go and I said no and then I heard Chris and Lea were gonna be there and I thought, 'I'll drop by for 10 minutes and say hello'. They didn't know I was coming. I was the only guy there who wasn't paid."
But he quickly realised his impromptu appearance at the convention was a bad idea: "I was naive - I thought I could go by, say hi."
Fox was mobbed by fans, dressed just like his character, Marty McFly: "I didn't know they still made those puffy vests... There were people there with the bad Guess jeans with the high waist... It was suspenders, the whole nine yards."
But he had a great time hooking up with old friends from the cast: "The clock tower lady was there - remember 'Save the clock tower.' And James Tolkan, who played Strickland, the principal.
"I took some pictures... and then I kinda went, 'Ok, this seemed like a good idea at the time,' and left."