MegaCon Orlando pulled off an unprecedented treat when they announced that the entire main cast of Back to the Future would be reuniting at the convention. Along with a Q&A session, convention attendees had the opportunity to meet the Hollywood elite through photo ops and autograph sessions. I myself took the bait and lined up with everyone else (Marty McFly garb and all) to meet the infamous Michael J. Fox.
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I had tried to set up a few Back to the Future interviews with the cast (including Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Lea Thompson) since I was attending MegaCon as Press, but to no avail.
That is, until the 11th hour when I finally had the chance to interview Lea Thompson herself.
Lea Thompson and her sister were absolutely incredible and accommodating. I was admittedly nervous, not wanting to ask questions that she had heard over and over again, but with only ten minutes to spare…well, I did my best.
I also attended Ms. Thompson’s Q&A with Back to the Future co-star, James Tolkan, on Saturday afternoon and asked her a simple, yet daunting, question. This was before I knew I would have the opportunity to speak with her for a one-on-one interview. So you’ll see that at the end! Here is my full Back to the Future interview transcript with the lovely Lea Thompson, a.k.a Loraine McFly.
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Back to the Future Interview with Lea Thompson
You can watch the live interview on my YouTube channel here!
Full Back to the Future Interview Transcript Below:
Lea Thompson (a.k.a Lorraine Baines): What’s your name?
Cosplay & Coffee / Lea Thompson: Tiffani!
Lea Thompson: Tiffani! Hi, Tiffani!
Cosplay & Coffee (a.k.a Tiffani): Nice to meet you!
C&C: Alright, hi guys! I’m here with Ms. Lea Thompson who plays Lorraine on Back to the Future.
LT: Lorrain McFly, Baines, Tannon…
C&C: All of ‘em!
LT: All of them.
C&C: So. We’re at MegaCon 2019. How’s your weekend been?
LT: Good, it’s been great. The fans here are great. It’s a lot of team spirit and I’ve had a great time.
C&C: Yeah? Do you come to a lot of conventions?
LT: Uh, you know, I do like three or four a year.
C&C: Oh, wow.
LT: Yeah, yeah. So I… I get around.
C&C: And how often do you guys all get together? Like this weekend we have Michael J. Fox, we have Thomas Wilson right here…
LT: Yes!
C&C: Everybody!
LT: James…
C&C: Christopher Lloyd…
LT: Yes. Uh, not that often. I’d say like three or four times a year.
C&C: That you all get together?!
LT: Yeah!
C&C: Oh, wow!
LT: Well, just for the last, like, maybe two…two years, yeah.
C&C: Okay.
LT: Yeah so not all… You know it’s hard to get time where we’re all…
C&C: Right, right, all together…
LT: Not working.
C&C: Yeah!
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C&C: So, I had a couple questions about…which, hopefully, you haven’t heard too often before because I know you get asked the same questions… What was the first day on set of Back to the Future like?
LT: Wow… I don’t remember!
C&C: No? Were you intimidated?
LT: I’m so sorry, it was only like thirty-five years ago. Sure, it was intimidating. I mean, it was super exciting, it was a great script, and you know, it was super exciting to be part of a Spielberg movie. I’m no dummy.
C&C: Of course!
C&C: And do you remember the last day on set? Like if it was emotional knowing you weren’t all going to be together again working on everything?
LT: Yeah… but then we did the sequel so we spent another year working together. But we didn’t think there was going to be a sequel.
C&C: In terms of conventions and everyone being here, have you seen any Lorraine cosplays?
LT: Yeeeeees! A beautiful one. Beautiful dress — exactly like mine — she had a wig and everything. I’ve seen a few, but that was the best one I’ve seen.
C&C: Really?
LT: Yeah.
C&C: I have been wanting to do the dress, the prom dress one, for years but I’m not great with sewing so it hasn’t happened yet.
LT: Yeah, the actual real dress is very uncomfortable.
C&C: Oh really? I was wondering if it would be because it looked like it was corseted and I hate corsets, they’re horrible.
LT: Yeah… super tight, super tight.
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C&C: So, what are you working on right now? What can we see you in next?
LT: I am actually directing an episode of Star Girl which is a new show for DC streaming. So it’s really exciting, it’s my first kinda superhero show that I’m directing. But yeah, people are giving me directing jobs and not acting jobs.
C&C: Is that a good thing?
LT: Uh, you know what, I like to work so… it works. It’s good to direct.
C&C: So on Back to the Future, we see a bunch of behind-the-scenes things and it looks like a ton of fun making films, like, it seems like the best job in the world. So is it more work than play, or like, an even balance of both?
LT: No, it’s a lot more work than play. You know, we take it very seriously. There’s a lot of money on the line and yeah… It’s actually quite a long day. So like twelve-thirteen hours and when we were doing all the age makeup it ended up seventeen hours a day so…
C&C: Seven days a week?
LT: No, only five days a week…
C&C: Still long!
LT: But they used to be able to do six days a week, but no, the unions came in and said no. It’s very long hours.
C&C: Well, I’ll let you get back to your convention.
LT: You look fantastic! Thank you, Tiffani.
C&C: Thank you! No problem.
LT: Thank you, guys! Come to the comic-cons! Support your local cosplayers! Woo-hoo!
C&C: Thanks, guys and I’ll see ya next time.
And a bonus question I got to ask her on Friday at her MegaCon Q&A panel with James Stewart Tolkan:
C&C: I feel like this happens a lot with movies, especially recently, and they get made into sequels. What would your thoughts be if they were to remake Back to the Future?
[Crowd: OOOOOOOOOH!]
LT: We get asked this question a lot and Bob Zemeckis still owns the rights, they didn’t make a sequel deal or anything, so we got all the rights. and they said repeatedly ‘over their dead body.’
But! They just announced today that they’re making a musical. So I’m preparing,
(Thompson singing) Oh my God, he’s a dream, oh my God, he’s a dream! Oh my God, he’s a dreeeeeeam!
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