Fox was visiting The View to promote his new memoir Future Boy, which recounts how he brought his two most iconic roles – Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future – to life in the ’80s. The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.

Fox's new book 'Future Boy' gives a behind-the-scenes look at the busy time in 1985 when he made both projects

Indeed, the script has been analyzed from every angle with the world's most sturdy microscopes, and many who remain awestruck by each of its clever contours. One person who is a particular fan is Lea Thompson, who, in a recent interview with PEOPLE ...

(CNN) — It’s been 40 years since Marty McFly hopped into that juiced up DeLorean. One of the stars of “Back to the Future” remembers it fondly. Lea Thompson reflected on the film in which she played Lorraine, the mother of Marty, played by Michael J.

Whoa. This is heavy. Michael J. Fox has revealed what Eric Stoltz said to him four decades after replacing him as Marty McFly in the 1985 hit “Back to the Future.” “Eric has maintained his silence on the subject for forty years,

Lea Thompson tells PEOPLE all about her favorite Back to the Future film and what she considers to be the "magic" that makes it still a fan favorite, 40 years after its release "I just think it's a perfect screenplay," the actress explains Surmising the ...