For an entire generation, Michael J. Fox will forever be the time-traveling hero from one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time and the biggest movies of the 1980s. Long before he sprinted across Hill Valley or outran Biff Tannen, Fox was another young actor trying to claw his way out of Hollywood’s margins. In aninterview tied to Back to the Future's 40th anniversary and the release of his memoir Future Boy, he’s peeling back the curtain on what his life looked like before Marty McFly changed everything.
The now-famous actor recently spoke to EW, recalling that when he entered the industry, he wasn’t thinking about career legacy or future stardom, but was just trying to survive the grind. The expectations were low, and, as he put it, the treatment often left him feeling like he barely registered.
