2011 A look Back: MEETING LEA THOMPSON

On September 21, 2011 I had the honor once again to meet my favorite actress from the 1980's The Lovely & Talented LEA THOMPSON. I have been a major fan of Lea's work since I first saw her on the BIG SCREEN in the 2nd sequel to JAWS.....JAWS-3D! I was 12 years old and my friends wanted to go see their 1st 3D movie (the summer before my older cousins snuck me in to see Friday The 13th part 3D) Even at a young age we knew going in that this sequel would be more campy than scary. But we were kids and had a great time. After the movie was done I remember how we all laughed at how pathetic the 3D was but we were all in agreement that the girl who got bit by the shark was HOT! Like most kids of the 80's we lived at the movie theater watching everything that came out. In 1984 (still underage) we managed to get into the Rated R movies like Police Academy, Beverly Hills Cop & a movie called THE WILD LIFE! The Wild Life was from the producers of Fast Times at Ridgemont High (A cable TV Classic) So we knew going in this was going to be funny and a good chance we may see nudity! I was also ecstatic LEA THOMPSON was in it. All my buddies were like "Hey look it's the chick from JAWS-3D" Some older guy overheard us and was like "Ya ever see her nude scene in All The Right Moves?"  OK DID YOU SAY NUDE???? (hey I was 13) He told us that it was showing that month on cable TV. So after that I had to find it (Again I was 13)  I found it!   
    
    Flash forward to the next summer and a little movie came out called "BACK TO THE FUTURE." The date was Saturday, July 6th 1985 at 12:30pm when my eyes first viewed what would become my all time favorite movie. It had everything great characters, story, soundtrack etc. I could go on forever about this movie. Let's just say in the summer of 1985 Lea Thompson became the darling of movie goers worldwide.  Ten years later in 1995 I got the chance to do a phone interview with Lea (A friend of mine who runs the official Back to the Future fan club) asked if I would like to interview her? (After I came down from cloud 9) I agreed to do it. So in August we set up the interview. We chatted well over an hour about her career (she even said "MY GOD YOU KNOW EVERYTHING") Taking that as a big compliment, I thanked her for her time. Five years later in 2000 I read on www.bttf.com  That she was going to be on BROADWAY in the production of Cabaret. That summer I got the chance to meet her face to face for the very first time and she was just as sweet and kind as she was in her movies and over the phone. I mentioned to her that I was the one who did the interview with her five years earlier for BTTF.COM and she was like "Yeah I remember that." That Summer and Fall we got the chance to meet her a few times (her play was on Broadway for most of  2000) She was always very friendly.
  
       Then this past September, Lea was in Boston promoting a new film at the Boston Film Fest. Unlike film fests in NYC or LA the Boston version is very small and we knew going in there was a good chance we could meet her once again. She made her way down the press line meeting all types of media. As she was done with her press obligations Lea was walking back into the theater when I approached her & re-introduced myself (dropping some mutual friends names) I asked her if she would mind signing a few autographs for some friends (she was very happy to) I also asked if it would be no trouble could you please cut a promo for my show? She happily agreed. (you can view it at the top of this post) So in conclusion, the career, talent, beauty and personality of Lea Thompson is TIMELESS! Hell I even liked Howard the Duck!
                                                            Until Next Time....
                                   THIS IS AFTER HOURS & WE NEVER CLOSE!