Who was Phyllis Fox? Michael J Fox mourns death of beloved mother, 92, with emotional anecdote at NYCC
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Michael J Fox mourned the loss of his mother, Phyllis Fox, while attending the 'Back to the Future' Reunion Panel at New York Comic Con (NYCC) on Saturday. The 61-year-old actor remembered his mother who passed away on September 24, 2022, at 92. Fox joined his co-star Christopher Lloyd on the panel and remembered a funny anecdote related to his mother about she was against the actor agreeing to 'Back to the Future' which would eventually be a record-breaking movie for Fox.
The critically acclaimed actor remembered how his mother, Phyllis, was strictly against his decision of taking on 'Back to the Future' while he was already shooting for ABC's 'Family Ties' as she thought Fox would be really tired if he shot the TV show in the morning and the future blockbuster in the night. Fox explained, "I was 23 years old, and I called her, she was in Canada, and I said, 'They want me to do this Steven Spielberg movie, but I have to do it at night and I have to do Family Ties in the daytime.' And she said, 'You'll be too tired.'" He replied to his mother, "'I live for this kind of tired. It'll be okay.' To this day — well, till two weeks ago — my mother thought it was a really bad idea for me to do Back to the Future. She loved the movie, [but she was right], I got tired."
