The protagonists of “Back to the Future” Christopher Lloyd83 years old, and Michael J Fox, 61, received a standing ovation from the audience during an emotional reunion held at New York Comic-Con37 years after the release of the iconic film.

Popular actors, who played Doc Brown and Marty McFlyappeared at Javit’s Center for Comic Con in New York to discuss the hit movie trilogy that continues to win fans around the world.

Both were received by a wave of applause and shouts from their fans, to which they responded with an emotional hug, to later talk about their friendship and their film career, in addition to revealing some details of the filming of ” Back to the future”.

The first film in the saga, directed by Robert Zemeckis, became the highest-grossing film in 1985 and has since been considered a popular culture classic of the 1980s.

Michael J Fox was not the first actor chosen to give life to Marty McFly. He was hired to replace Eric Stoltz, that he was fired when he had already shot almost all the scenes. Since Lloyd she met him, she knew it would be forever: “I didn’t know Michael in person and seeing him I felt an immediate chemistry“, he assured.

For his part, the Canadian interpreter praised his co-star, with whom he shared the screen in the three films, under the orders of Zemeckis, who received a nomination for the first film and then won an Oscar for the box office “Forrest Gum”. .” “It’s hilariously entertaining…said the actor, who admires his great friend’s acting work.

The actors also selected their favorite phrases from the cinema. Fox went for one of his favorite movies, ‘Dr. Stranglove’: ‘You can’t fight here, it’s the war room!’ As Lloyd lifted the gathered fans with one of his phrases legends of the trilogy: “It was once said in a movie: the future is what you make of it.

During the conversation, the two shared several anecdotes from the set. Lloyd confessed he still had a ‘Back to the Future Part II’ t-shirt which his wife does not allow him to use today. Both had the audience laughing out loud, though there was also room for emotion. And it is that Michael J. Fox is still battling Parkinson’s three decades after diagnosis with this hard illness that he is going through with optimism.

The actor, who worked on several episodes of the popular series “The good wifefrom CBS, jumped at the chance to talk about the disease he has suffered from since 1990. “It’s not about what I have, it’s about what I was given: the voice to do this and help people,” he said. star thanking his family and friends for their support during his illness.

The cast also praised the recently released musical in honor of the movie “Back To The Future: The Musical,” which is on Broadway and in London. They recognized the excellent work done by the production of the show. “They could have fallen into a trap by imitating us,” Fox noted, “but they made the characters come into their own.

The winner of four Golden Globes and five Emmy Awards also recently opened up about his struggles with acting in an interview with the magazine. People. “My short-term memory is destroyed and playing is getting harder and harder.”he confessed.

“I’ve always had a great capacity for sentences and memorization. And I had extreme situations in the last two jobs that I did with a lot of dialogue and I had problems”, he admitted. “Everything goes through the writing. Fortunately, I really appreciate it,” the actor said of the memory issues he suffers from due to his condition.

Some time ago, the actor revealed that he had tried to cover up his suffering with alcohol. It was that when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he confessed to wanting to get drunk until he reached “a point of indifference” to deal with the situation. In this sense, he said: “I must be very careful not to violate the principles by which I became sober.”

In her memoir, “No Time Like the Future,” Fox discusses her struggles with the disease. “There’s a time for everything, and it’s best to leave behind the time I spent putting in a twelve-hour workday and memorizing seven pages of dialogue.“, wrote. “At least for now…I’m going into a second withdrawal. That could change, because everything changes. But if this is the end of my acting career, so be it.

Fox is focused on spending his time with his children and his wife, the actress Tracy Pollan, who he married in 1988. The couple have Sam, twins Aquinnah and Schuyler and Esme Fox.

“It’s not that I was sincere before, but my gratitude is deeper now, for getting through the darkest times,” he said. And as he continues to live with Parkinson’s, he points out that he thrives in so many ways. “My life now is calm, and I’m actually having a good time.”, he admitted. “People don’t believe me, but I love life. I like to be with my family. I love being with Tracy. I like not doing a lot of unnecessary things that I used to do, because I don’t have the energy or the time.”

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