Michael J. Fox Reveals the Surprising Royal He Almost Faked a Date With
Talking to People about his rise to fame, Fox recalled meeting the late Princess Diana in the 1985 London premiere of Back to the Future. With the royal premiere of Back to the Future, I sat next to Princess Diana, he remembered. I realized if I was like a fake yawn and an arm stretch away from being on a date with her.
Indeed just sitting next to the late Princess of Wales must’ve been a thrill of a lifetime. It all got so crazy, Fox said of his fame at the time. There’s nothing I could think of that wouldn’t happen.
Fox continued, talking about how his relationship with fame, and being a celebrity has changed over the years. There’s an expression I referred to when they gave me an honorary Academy Award — somebody said to me the day before, they were talking about getting this award and being famous and they said ‘You’re ’80s famous,’ Fox said. We were tougher. We didn’t have social media, we didn’t have any of that crap.
Earlier this month, Fox opened up to Entertainment Tonight about a question fans can’t stop asking themselves: will he ever consider going back to acting? I would do acting if something came up that I could put my realities into it, my challenges, if I could figure it out, Fox, who has been open about his journey with Parkinson’s Disease, said.
Maybe if he did, he could tell Prince William about the almost-date with his mom. Sounds like a great story to us!
