Lea Thompson Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

21^st March 2017

Quote: "We're gonna go to Chicago, there's gonna be, like, a John Hughes festival in Chicago this summer... I think they're gonna take people to the locations. We didn't shoot Some Kind of Wonderful in Chicago but we're gonna be there anyway, and we're gonna talk and meet superfans... My husband directed Pretty in Pink too." Lea Thompson and Howard Deutch will celebrate 30 years together this summer at a Some Kind of Wonderful reunion. Deutch directed his future wife in the 1987 John Hughes film.

20^th March 2017

Fact: Back to the Future star Lea Thompson has teamed up with her daughters Maddie and Zoey Deutch for a new movie. The trio feature in The Year of Spectacular Men, which was written by Maddie, directed by her mum and produced by Zoey. "We're shopping it around," proud Leah tells Access Hollywood Live. "Maddie also did the score for it."

14^th June 2011

Quote: "It was terrible because I had already done a movie... called The Wild Life with Eric, so he was already a really good friend of mine. It was awful... Eric is an amazing actor... but he wasn't right for the part." Actress Lea Thompson on pal Eric Stoltz missing out on the Back to The Future lead to Michael J. Fox.

2^nd March 2011

Quote: "I did make Red Dawn with Charlie Sheen and he was wacky even then." Back To The Future star Lea Thompson on working with Charlie Sheen.

15^th May 2008

Quote: "A lot of people like it. My kids won't watch it. As soon as they see me in bed with a duck they turn it off". Back To The Future star Lea Thompson on her flop 1996 film HOWARD THE DUCK.