*INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BEFORE THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE
“WHEN YOU GET TO BE MY AGE, YOU DEFINITELY START TO APPRECIATE TIME.” Lea Thompson curls up on a chair inside her rustic Montana home, ready to talk about everything. But, perhaps inevitably, the conversation turns to one subject: Time.
This is not just because the actress co-starred in the Back to the Future movies, which remains one of the most iconic franchises in history. Thompson is also a youthful 62—which is 15 years older than the wrinkly, smoky-voiced version of her character, Lorraine Baines McFly, in the original 1985 film. She’s been married for 34 years to director Howard Deutch (Pretty in Pink) and they have two daughters, writer Madelyn, 32, and actress Zoey, 28. Maddie just got married.
And, well, it all…
