Lea Thompson Talks Back To The Future 

Great interview. Most actors are usually never this candid. Especially when it comes to remembering stuff from a movie shot 30 years ago.

She aged marvelously

She's SO right about Crispin Glover. He stole the show. Her honesty is on a par with Crispin's performance...flawless!

Today’s young actors take a note: This is how to handle an interview. You answer questions candidly and with sincerity and class.

Crispin was absolutely genius in bttf 1. His scenes with Marty were beyond phenomenal.

I was the customer service rep handling the Universal Studios account at the air freight company Universal Studios used. Even before BTTF was released, I went to a meeting at Universal as they wanted to make sure this movie was handled correctly (and of course it was, as Universal was a premiere client 😉). So I'm guy that prepared all the logistics and paperwork for all the international shipments of BTTF posters, press kits, etc, and even the film itself. Yeah, I'm kinda proud of that.

Glad to see Lea standing up for Crispin's work. He is a great actor, it is a shame they could not make it work for him. That is the main reason why I didn't see the sequels, the first movie is a pure gem.

I got to say she aged better the second time around.

Moving forward without Crispin Glover was a terrible mistake. He is a genius and he was the funniest and created the most pathos of all the characters. I remember when I was a kid being so mad at Marty (and the people making the movie) for scaring George McFly so deeply with the walkman. He was an innocent. And the universe was being unnecessarily cruel to him. It was the GENIUS of Crispin Glover that brought those feelings forward.

My God, she's adorable.

Lea is the genius. She is so natural, articulate, observant, fresh, interesting, appreciative and effusive in this interview. I've enjoyed her work - she's one of a kind.

I love Lea Thompson, for an industry that is fake, big ego and backstabbing she showed alot of compassion and respect to Eric Stoltz, and Crispin Glover. She seems that she is a loyal friend.

I watched bttf when i was 8. And i had the biggest crush on her. And ya know what, i still do 😂

She played with Eric Stolz and Mary Stuart Masterson in Some Kind Of Wonderful. Love that movie.

She looks so beautiful. Everything about her is so good i mean her voice, her face and the way she carries herself. Mmmm what a woman.

She looks way better than the first movie predicted!

"Eric played my boyfriend, he was DEFINITELY not my boyfriend" - big OOOF especially after hearing Tom Wilson talking about how Eric had a crush on Lea

I watched the movie the other day and the weird thing is that Stoltz was right. You have a guy who has just watched his father figure get assassinated, who then goes back in time by accident and is trapped there, terrified. He knows no one and then finds out he's going to die unless he can stop a sequence of events happening that he inadvertently caused. His salvation depends on catching lightning, and when he returns none of his family are the people he actually knew. It's actually pretty disturbing and without really pushing the comedy angle they would have had a VERY different movie.

This is a really wonderful interview. She's so beautiful still and seems really delightful to talk to. She doesn't seem phony whatsoever! So candid.

I always get goosebumps when Crispen finally lays out Biff. Also in the ice cream shop where he tells her thats he he's her "density".

She's the cutest and sweetest actress ever, my all time crush. Love ya Lea

She is right. Crispin Glover is a Genius

When I was in high school I lived at 1200 Riverside Dr. Where they shot a lot of scenes from "The Wild Life". I remember the first day of filming at that location, I had never seen a movie set before so I had no idea what was going on when I saw all of the big trucks lined up and down the street, then all of the cables, then some guy with a radio telling me that I couldn't go home because they were filming a scene. So they finally finished the scene (I think it was one that they never used in the movie). And I walked over the bridge, right past Eric Stoltz and Lea Thompson. I had no idea who they were. This kind of thing went on for the next few weeks, every day coming home to a movie set and watching them film. There's a scene which starts off on a slice of pizza floating in the pool and there's a couch at the bottom of the pool. I was standing almost directly behind the camera when they shot that and remember the director thinking to throw the pizza into the water just a few seconds before they rolled the camera. Back then that place was called "The Royal Equestrian" because they had roughly 32 horse stables. Now it's just called "1200 Riverside Dr." One interesting fact that most people aren't aware of - they used more than just actors from the movie "The Wild Life" in BTTF, they also used some of it's sound track. In the scene where Marty puts the headphones on George and scares him with loud music - what he's playing is definitely Eddie Van Halen but most people can't identify what song it is or they think it's "Eruption". It's not, Eddie Van Halen wrote the sound track for the movie "The Wild Life" and that guitar that you hear is from the scene where Christopher Penn's character climbs the roof to get to his girlfriends window. Kind of a "peeping tom" in fact I think the song right before this one on the movie sound track is called "Peeping Tom": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zmc6f2kCyLU.html A few years after that I (coincidentally) ended up living at an apartment complex right across the street from the Puente Hills Mall (where they shot the first time travel sequence from BTTF). It was about a year after the movie came out and I think I was watching it on VHS or something when I noticed that the mall across the street from my house was in the movie. I paused the movie and went across the street - sure enough, I found the exact spot where the Delorean had spun it's tires, there was still a deep set of grooves where the tires were spinning and burnt rubber was still there around the edges. I went back home, grabbed a razor & an envelope; went back to the mall; scraped off some of the rubber and stuck it in the envelope then went back home & finished watching the movie. Of course I lost that envelope years ago but I currently work where the clock tower scenes were filmed (Universal Studios). We used to have the original Delorean from the movie at Universal but it's now at the Peterson museum. If you want to visit the location where the first time travel sequence was filmed - this is the exact spot where the "Twin Pines Mall" sign was, at the end of the driveway Marty skates down: 33°59'36.19"N 117°55'49.46"W

She has an incredible memory. Great trilogy of movies that I have seen many times over the years. It is to bad they did not include Crispin Glover. He was a crack up.

She still looks awesome :)

I met Lea in a Thriftys store where she had her two daughters with her buying them ice cream. I spoke to her and she was a living doll. She answered my questions and even rubbed my back. Love her!

Lord, was she a hot young thing back in the day. Still looks great, obviously, and great to hear such down-to-earth recollections.

How is she still so damn beautiful, inside and out? I never felt the awkwardness of mom falling for her son, because all I kept thinking was how HOT Lorraine was. In the car scene, Marty was a lucky little devil to me, not on a date with his mom... until the shocked look on his face when she kisses him. Totally forgot that was his mom.

Back to the Future was the biggest movie in the world when it came out, with a perfect story. At the time I thought it was the best movie I'd ever seen. Completely re-watchable, completely engrossing. Multiple viewings later, and Lea Thompson was one of the core reasons why. MAJOR celeb crush for this 10 year-old!

Lea is so charming and still very attractive. Terrific interview.

I love it when the actors like to talk about their experiences. I could watch another hour of this.

Damn, what a skillful interviewer! Nobody really hears him, Lea Thompson get excited over the questions and we can really see the scenes before us, when she tells.

This was a very deep interview. I love her honesty. Crispin Glover rules!!!!

She is still beautiful.

thank God she looks better than her "aged mother" look

I seen Back to the Future in the theater in 85 or 86 and it was and still is the best movie I've ever seen in the theater.

I find it amazing how this film evolved. It got stopped so many times and yet became so iconic. It's truthful but also a kind of parody, every character is perfectly cast. It's just a miracle movie, everything slots in perfectly

The "get used to these bars" line was funny even if you didn't hear the setup 40 minutes before, because you'd know what you missed.

She's a pleasure to interview, even though I wasn't the interviewer. Cool personality, full of life!!

She is fantastic!! Entertaining, charming, and witty. Adore her.

Interesting and candid interview. Also interesting on the take between Eric and Crispin. When she talks about Eric and the growing of his nails that sounds like a method actor to some degree and is considered awkward, yet come to Crispin and she has a lot of love for him and his method acting. Although that is a very small observation, the other instances give more explanation as to how she found Eric difficult

I def had a crush on her when i watched the movie. And shes still gorgeous!

She's like fine wine.

She's still gorgeous, and she's very talented! She should still be getting starring roles in big blockbuster movies! Unfortunately most people going to the movies nowadays probably do not even know or remember who she is, so she isn't exactly a big box office draw. But I'd go to see any movie that she's in!! And yes, I even LOVED "Howard the Duck"! It was a friggin' awesome movie!!

Great energy, humor and just seems grounded. Charming!

Man, how good does she still look... Damn.

Lovely woman. Certainly in this interview. She tells every story with a polite tone, never disses anyone. I've seen her a few times in my neighborhood - always with children. She seems very much to be a happily focussed mom. And she looks great.

I had such a crush on this girl back then. 30 years later and she still looks great. :)

Hey it’s Caroline in the City! Always loved her. Her daughter has her smile and talks like her.

1985 : I remember having a thing for her back then. Sweet, adorable!

Great interview. I agree that they should have used Crispin, he’s great.

Great interview. Great movie. I hope there is a reference to this iconic movie in the upcoming season of Stranger Things (season 3), which I understand will be set in 1985. So excited!!

Oh she is so lovely! Never really seen her in real life before, she has such a lovely personality, and it's great that she looks younger than in the films! I wish they would make a special edition of Back To The Future where they get Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas Wilson (all now middle aged) to re-shoot all their 1985 scenes.

I remember seeing this movie again after a long break, and I had forgotten how much the Biff punch out scene had added to the movie.

I can listen to this lady all my life ❤

She's nice about Eric, but basically he was difficult.

Good golly, I like Lea Thompson. So cute, and so smart.

Happy 55th Birthday Lea

One of the best interviews I've seen regarding the behind the scenes.

About 2:25 she describes Eric Stoltz's reaction to the first read through of the script, talking about how sad it would be for Mart to now have a very different memory of his life than the rest of the family does. Sadness aside, it would be very difficult for him to interact with them. they are not the same people he knew, he is not the same Marty they have known. I have always imagined something happening, a few days or weeks later, where his parents try to discipline him for something, and are lecturing him on his behavior. He gets angry and goes off on them, "What do you mean Dad? YOU were a peeping Tom! You almost got run over falling out of a tree peeping at her! And YOU! Mom! You were drinking, and smoking and you were a slut!" When his parents express astonishment at all this he gestures to his face. "Recognize this face? remember Calvin Klein? Guess whoooo!"

these are really great stories from lea so interesting

Totally forgot that Eric Stolz and Lea were in Some Kind of Wonderful together. Interesting.

At 11:00 you see all the memories come flooding back on what really happened to Crispin Glover. A defining moment seen in the eyes of an amazing woman and actor. She sets the story straight with one simple line.... Thank you Lea

The interviewer sounds like the teacher in the Charlie Brown cartoons. I never knew what question she was answering. SHe is so down to earth you have to lover her.

Crispin Glover should have won an Oscar for Back to the Future. He was that fucking good.

What a fantastic interview! Thanks!

Nice recall of an “old” movie. I graduated in “83 and the first one came out in “85. Good memories.

They didn't make her this pretty when they aged her in the films. What a smile, what a doll.

This interview was from 2005. I wonder how different she looks today (in 2019). I can just imagine she’s just as incredible. Her reverence for the process, the crew and the performers is priceless. It’s always satisfying when a screen actor is able to reflect the way Lea does.

They did overestimate 2015. But they underestimated how beautiful Lea Thompson would be in 30 years.

That interview was so satisfying. Lea is so intuitive in her answers. Thanks Lea!

Lea is like a fine wine! She looks Fantastic in this interview.

Great interview and fantastic interviewer! Great questions and you really know BTTF. Thank you!

It's sad what those in power did to Crispin. Oddly, when the tide turned, these pricks didn't like being shown they were the bad people trying to screw someone over. Yet, one bloke from that group continues to badmouth Crispin to this day ... In respect to the 'on-screen chemistry' they had, I would like to see Lea and Crispin in another movie together. Other than that, Lea still is very, very pretty, and, still desirable :-)

I could listen to Lea, all day...her honesty is so genuine!

I'm a huge Back to the Future fan so I really enjoyed this! - That 20 minutes was over so fast; I could have sat through 20 more.

Sounds like Lea and Crispin could have been a real life item. She seems to adore him.. that would have been great. Still a travesty he wasn't in the 2nd film.

it was weird, the 'imposter dude' was called 'Crispin' on set by most during the pt 2 shoot

Best interview, one in a million.

"Back to the Future" was where I'd fallen in love with Lea Thompson. And, it's amazing how now when she really smiles, all these years later, all those years just completely disappear from her face.

She is great, nice to get to see this interview.

still looks beautiful

Thank you for this awesome interview. She's always been one of my favorites and still makes me laugh.

Great interview. She looks wonderful. Imagine if she now reshot the scenes of her older self from the movies!

she wonderful actress in 1980 movie called Back to the future all three movies

Eric Stolz, as brilliant as he is as an actor had it wrong about guitar players. Most rock guitar players dont grow nails long. I keep mine trimmed.

My mom took me when I was 7 to see this and I still remember it as a great time.

That's crazy. I never thought about how bad it would suck to remember a completely different past than everyone else!

Lea still so beautiful, time dont pass trhu her she still look the same 🌸❤🌸

My God she's gorgeous 💋 Howard the duck my all time favorite movie not to mention back to the Future.

You can tell she’s a really good mom because she always mentions her kids in interviews.

Great interview! Lea has such a great upbeat personality ; )

She is a fine lady.

Boy, was she ever flirtatious in Back to the Future!!

She grasped her character so well and to think I understood it as well as she described it...love her in BTTF

One of the.most beautiful actresses ever. So down to earth too.

I may be in a minority but loved her in Howard the Duck. The only time I ever wanted to be a 3' tall water fowl.

''Silence...tumbleweeds'' lol

She reminded me of a great movie and I am going to watch it tonight, "Enemy Mine".

So badass that she talksback to the future!😆