FOX - FOX WOWS FANS WITH IMPROMPTU CONVENTION APPEARANCE

FOX WOWS FANS WITH IMPROMPTU CONVENTION APPEARANCE

MICHAEL J. FOX stunned BACK TO THE FUTURE devotees at the weekend (25Apr09) 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."