{"id":814122,"date":"2026-03-09T10:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/814122\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:03:24","slug":"michael-j-fox-reunites-with-back-to-the-future-costar-christopher-lloyd-four-decades-after-iconic-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/814122\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael J. Fox reunites with Back To The Future costar Christopher Lloyd four decades after iconic film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael J. Fox took a journey through the past over the weekend when he reunited with his Back To The Future costar<\/a> Christopher Lloyd.<\/p>\n

Fox, 64, revealed that the two actors had caught up in an Instagram post on Saturday featuring his longtime pal Lloyd, 87.<\/p>\n

‘Dining with my bestie at the beach. Next year BTTF is 41. Great Scott,’ he captioned his post, referencing their first film together, which was released in 1985.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Chris will be 8\ufe0f\u20e38\ufe0f\u20e3. That\u2019s some serious s***,’ Fox added.<\/p>\n

Lloyd joined in the fun in the comments, adding another Back To The Future line: ‘Man, that\u2019s heavy.’<\/p>\n

Fox \u2014 who delivered a moving speech this month at the Actor Awards about how he met his wife<\/a> \u2014 starred in the first Back To The Future film as Marty McFly<\/a>, a high schooler whose unlikely friendship with\u00a0Emmett ‘Doc’ Brown (Lloyd) leads him to travel back to the 1950s in a time machine made out of an already defunct DMC DeLorean.<\/p>\n

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Michael J. Fox, 64, took a journey through the past over the weekend when he reunited with his Back To The Future costar Christopher Lloyd, 87<\/p>\n

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‘Dining with my bestie at the beach. Next year [Back To The Future] is 41. Great Scott,’ he captioned his post. ‘Chris will be 8\ufe0f\u20e38\ufe0f\u20e3. That\u2019s some serious s***’; pictured together in Back To The Future (1985)<\/p>\n

Despite suffering a series of setbacks that ballooned the film’s budget, the first Back To The Future was a box office hit that cemented Fox’s status as a leading man and turned him and Lloyd into pop culture icons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Its success led to two more blockbuster sequels, Back To The Future Part II (1989) and Part III (1990).\u00a0<\/p>\n

In his photo, Fox and Lloyd both beamed while sitting at a table in a restaurant and leaning in toward each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox \u2014 a noted Grateful Dead fan \u2014 wore a T-shirt with an illustration of a flower-covered skeleton that inspired the cover of the band’s 1971 self-titled live album, known as Skull And Roses among many fans.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t clear when he and Lloyd caught up, but they were together again just a day later when they joined forces to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Lucky’s Montecito, a steakhouse located in Santa Barbara county that has been a popular spot for celebrities for decades.<\/p>\n

Fox was dressed casually in a brown denim jacket and a Late Show with David Letterman T-shirt as he joined Lloyd again.<\/p>\n

The Taxi star had dressed up a bit more with a black sport coat and matching black button-up shirt, along with a chunky pair of dark-frame glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox \u2014 who has a home near Lucky’s in Montecito with his wife, the actress Tracy Pollan \u2014 also made the rounds to chat with other stars.<\/p>\n

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After his Instagram post on Saturday, Fox and Lloyd were spotted together again when they joined other stars celebrating the 25th anniversary of the steakhouse Lucky’s Montecito<\/p>\n

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Fox was dressed casually in a brown denim jacket and a Late Show with David Letterman T-shirt, while Lloyd went dressier with a black sport coat and matching shirt<\/p>\n

\"Fox\u00a0\u2014 <\/p>\n

Fox\u00a0\u2014 who went public with his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in 1998 \u2014 stopped by Carol Burnett’s table while the 92-year-old actress was enjoying a cocktail<\/p>\n

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He also stopped to pose for a photo with his former costar Michael Douglas, with whom he appeared in the 1995 political rom-com The American President, which was directed by the late Rob Reiner<\/p>\n

The actor \u2014 who went public with his Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in 1998 \u2014 stopped by Carol Burnett’s table while the 92-year-old actress was enjoying a cocktail.<\/p>\n

He also stopped to pose for a photo with his former costar Michael Douglas, with whom he appeared in the 1995 political rom-com The American President, which was directed by the late Rob Reiner.<\/p>\n

Fox was seen earlier this month when he made a cheeky joke as one of the opening speakers at the Actor Awards, formerly know as the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.<\/p>\n

The ceremony traditionally opens with monologues from several of the assembled stars, who tell stories about their time in their profession and then close by stating their names and saying: ‘I am an actor.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox \u2014 who has received wide admiration for his dignified battle with Parkinson’s disease and advocacy for its sufferers<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 got such a massive round of applause when the camera alighted on him that he had to pause the start of his speech.<\/p>\n

He proceeded to tell a story about how his acting career resulted in his introduction to his wife and Family Ties costar Tracy Pollan, with whom he has four children.<\/p>\n

The Back to the Future legend then pointed to his son Sam, 36, who was seated next to him, and quipped: ‘By the way, he’s not an actor, he’s just my date.’<\/p>\n

He added a heartwarming extra few words to the traditional closer of the monologue, saying: ‘I’m Michael J. Fox and a dad, and I’m an actor.’<\/p>\n

\"Fox <\/p>\n

Fox was seen earlier this month when he made a cheeky joke as one of the opening speakers at the Actor Awards, formerly know as the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He joked that his son wasn’t an actor, just his date, and he told a sweet story about how acting led him to meet his wife, Tracy Pollan<\/p>\n

\"Fox <\/p>\n

Fox and Pollan, 65, share four children: son Sam, 36; and daughters Aquinnah, 31; Schuyler, 31; and Esm\u00e9, 24. Fox and Pollan met when she appeared on his series Family Ties in the 1980s<\/p>\n

Fox began his speech: ‘Before I left school….,’ then had to trail off briefly in order to let his thunderous ovation die down before continuing.<\/p>\n

‘Before I left school and moved from Canada to LA to try and make it as an actor, a teacher of mine told me: “Fox, you’re not gonna be cute forever.” I didn’t know what to say to that so I said: “Maybe just long enough, sir,”‘ he said to a laugh.<\/p>\n

‘After a few years of dumpster diving in LA I ended up on Family Ties, where I received the biggest gift of my career \u2014 I met my wife, the actor Tracy Pollan, who played my girlfriend Ellen,’ Fox continued.<\/p>\n

‘And she gave me four gifts, our kids Schuyler, Aquinnah, Esme and Sam. Sometimes I like to remind them, if it weren’t for acting they wouldn’t be here.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael J. Fox took a journey through the past over the weekend when he reunited with his Back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3935],"tags":[92,77,58318,49189,3943,813,16,15],"class_list":["post-814122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-michael-douglas","tag-michael-j-fox","tag-movies","tag-tvshowbiz","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116198651686399860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}