Steven Spielberg Talks Back To The Future
Steven Spielberg The legendary filmmaker teamed up with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale to make the classic film in 1985. Steven loved the script from the moment he saw it, but admits he hated the part where Michael J. Fox’s character Marty McFly almost shared a smooch with his mother while travelling back in time.
“I have to say I thought the oedipal aspect was really gross,” he told Empire magazine. “I think I said to the two Bobs it kind of made my skin crawl when she tried to kiss him in the parked car. They both burst out laughing and said, ‘Yeah, isn’t that cool?!’
“It’s a big fat taboo on paper but because of the charm and how shy Lea Thompson played the moment and how uncomfortable Michael J. Fox played his side of the scene, it was played for comedy and nothing more.”
The film went on to gross over $380 million worldwide and is still acknowledged to be one of the best sci-fi films of all time.
