Michael J. Fox will always be Back to the Future’s Marty McFly to multiple generations. Most fans would agree that Fox nailed the role and inhabited the bewildered time-traveling teenager in every way. Compared to the Back to the Future fanbase though, the film and TV icon wasn’t sure about his performance as McFly. Unlike viewers, it took the acting veteran decades to realize he was “really good in” his now-iconic breakthrough film role.
Before the sci-fi action classic hit theaters, the Back to the Future star juggled the film’s night shoots with his commitment to the NBC sitcom Family Ties. During this period, Fox felt like he wasn’t giving his all to the iconic role since he was exhausted from pulling double duty on both productions. The lack of time on set led him to think his performance might be terrible. After admitting he only saw the film twice, the Marty McFly actor revealed to Empire the moment he realized how great his performance was.
