Christopher Lloyd reflects on ‘phenomenal’ Back to the Future legacy
Christopher Lloyd is impressed at how 'Back to the Future' has become "ingrained in people's minds".
Christopher Lloyd feels "very fortunate" to have been a part of ‘Back to the Future’.
The 85-year-old actor starred opposite Michael J. Fox as Dr. Emmett ‘Doc’ Brown in the beloved sci-fi series, and has now looked back at its "phenomenal" legacy that continues to "fill the gap in a lot of lives of young people".
He told Variety: "I’ve done my share of work, and nothing compares to the way 'Back to the Future' is ingrained in people’s minds.
"It’s phenomenal. Every day practically — and certainly I go to Comic-Cons — people come up and say, ‘You made my childhood.’ And another reference equal to that, where ‘Back to the Future’ fills the gap in a lot of lives of young people, who have gone on to become doctors, scientists and what have you.
"So, [I have] a lot of gratitude and I feel real good about that. I feel very fortunate to be part of that."
The actor also reflected on his role as Uncle Fester in 'The Addams Family' and said he "loved" being able to depict a character he used to see in the New Yorker magazine’s cartoons when he was a child.
He explained: "It was mischief about Uncle Fester and not evil. He just could play around a little bit. And then, that period of my life passed and decades later, I get a call, would I like to be Uncle Fester in a film? What are the odds?
"It was very exciting to be able to play the character that I loved when I was a kid.”
Lloyd is also known by Trekkies for his portrayal as the evil Klingon Commander Kruge in the 1984 flick ‘Star Trek III: The Search for Spock’.
The ‘Nobody’ star recalled the first time he donned the prosthetics and make-up for director Leonard Nimoy.
He said: "I’d come to the Paramount Studio at four in the morning to get that makeup put on — the way it built up my forehead — and then the costume. How can you not feel like you’re the character when you do all that?
"I loved it. I tried to find what is it about this guy that I could relate to an audience whereby they will feel something about themselves in this guy — even if it’s somebody you don’t want at your dinner table, you know?
"It doesn’t change his undesirable traits, but I want the audience to feel they’re not engaged with somebody off a different planet. They’re engaged with somebody they can talk to."
