NAMES IN THE NEWS : ‘Future’ Actor Takes Step Back
may have been the bully Biff in “Back to the Future,” but back at the school where his aunt is principal, actor Tom F. Wilson told pupils that he’s not that bad a guy.
“It’s pretend. I’m not a bully,” Wilson told the first- to eighth-graders at St. Dorothy’s school in Drexel Hill.
Wilson, who starred with Michael J. Fox in both “Back to the Future” films, showed up Monday at the invitation of his aunt and godmother, Sister Clair Edward, the principal.
Wilson, who lives in California with his wife and two children, also told the pupils that Fox “is really a nice guy” and that the special-effect futuristic hoverboards used in “Back to the Future II” are the result of safety harnesses, wires and huge cranes.
“Acting really is hard work. I had to show up for work at 3 a.m. and some days didn’t get home until 8 p.m.,” Wilson said.
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