I t’s hard to envision a time when Lea Thompson and Michael J. Fox weren’t friendly with one another, as they spent a great deal of time together making the Back to the Future

Thompson also discussed the "division between movie stars and TV stars" that came between them at first. Lea Thompson had to work through a few issues before she was able to develop chemistry with Michael J.

Lea Thompson didn’t initially hit it off with Michael J. Fox when she met him on the Back to the Future set. “I was friends with Eric Stoltz who had just gotten fired,” Thompson, 63, shared in an interview on the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast on Monday,

During a Back to the Future panel at Los Angeles Comic Con on Friday, Oct. 4, the actor was asked about the range of characters he portrayed throughout the trilogy, including Marty McFly’s daughter, Marlene — and what his real-life daughters thought of his performance. “I don't know if my daughters have seen it,” Fox, 63, said.

Lea Thompson has revealed she initially did not get along well with her Back to the Future co-star Michael J. Fox. The 63-year-old actor, who recently opened up about her relationship with Artem Chigvintsev,