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Thirty years on, Michael J. Fox, who portrayed the teenage
McFly, says he never imagined the continued popularity of the
sci-fi trilogy.
"We thought it would speak to '50s generation and the '80s
generations, we didn't know that it would speak to the '90s
generation and the 21st century generation," he said. "It just
kind of continues to amaze us."
Fox was speaking on the red carpet for an event on Wednesday
celebrating Oct 21, 2015, the date McFly travels to from 1985 in
the film's sequel, arriving in a future of flying cars and
hovering skateboards.
Fans around the world celebrated the movie milestone, cinemas
held special screenings and businesses put out dedicated
adverts. Fox said the past few days of promotion had been a
whirlwind.
"It's like the Pope's (recent U.S.) visit ... I'm not trying to
compare myself to the Pope but I've been busy. It's been one
thing after the other because people want to mark this... take a
note of it because the movies have meant something to them," he
said.
"And when you're involved in something like that it's just so
humbling and a privilege and I don't know that I ever thought it
would be like this 30 years out."
Fox reunited with cast members Christopher Lloyd, who played
Doc, and Lea Thompson, who portrayed McFly's mother Lorraine,
for a screening of the film and Q&A session.
"It's a dream come true to be in a film that has the kind of
profound impact it's had on so many people ... and for it to
endure the way this film has," Lloyd said.
"It's amazing, it's a rarity."
(Reporting By Reuters Television in New York; Writing by
Marie-Louise Gumuchian in London Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)
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