The actor, historical interpreter of Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis' trilogy, revealed that he didn't particularly like the scenes in which he had to drive the famous car in which he traveled through time.
Despite the iconicity of the DeLorean in Back to the future, Michael J. Fox He revealed that he hated driving it pretty much the entire time. The actor played Marty McFly in the trilogy and shot many scenes inside the car, the vehicle he and Doctor Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) used to travel through time.
To coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first film's release in 1985, Fox released Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum. The book, published on October 14, is a first-person story of the period in which Fox shot the film at the age of 23.
In Future BoyFox candidly described his experience filming the scenes inside the DeLorean. Given the car's popularity in popular culture, he knows that most audiences would think such a scene would be "fantastic" to be filmed. The actor, however, debunked this myth by underlining that the vehicle, now out of production, was "a shitty car" which only looked good thanks to the work of the special effects crew.
"I know what you're thinking... it must have been amazing to drive that car! At first I thought so too, but I soon hated driving it. First of all, let's face it: it's a shitty car. Slow on acceleration, poorly finished... and that was before our special effects crew added their own (several million dollar) contribution." Fox recalled.
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"Those improvised accessories - the flux channeler, the various clocks and ornaments - tend to be rather crude, metallic and sharp. After that first night behind the wheel and for the rest of the film, my hands were full of lacerationsknuckles bruised and elbows bruised from banging against the console. As they say in show business, pain is temporary, movie is forever".
Fox's anecdote adds a significant piece to the ever-expanding mythology of Back to the Future's behind-the-scenes story. This revelation reveals some of the "magic of cinema", including the work done by the special effects team. While the end result is beloved and continues to stand the test of time, it was truly a nightmare for Fox.
"I just wish I never woke up again one day. That would be really cool. I don't want my death to be dramatic", Fox said in a recent interview with The Sunday Times and then in a long interview with Britain's The Times, where he also shared his thoughts after 35 years of living with Parkinson's.
The actor continued: "I was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease in 1991, when I was 29 years old. There is no timeline, there are no phases that you go through, not as would happen, for example, with prostate cancer - he explained about his diagnosis - not many people get Parkinson's this young. It is a much more mysterious and enigmatic disease. I don't want to trip on furniture or hit my head. I can walk, but it's not nice and it's a bit dangerous - continued the actor - with Parkinson's, the brain suffers progressive damage over the years". And regarding his death, he added: "This is also another thing. For now I haven't had time to think about it, but I would like her to be calm".
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