Back to the Future's Lea Thompson Recalls Stumbling Upon a DeLorean with a 'McFly' License Plate on Vacation (Exclusive)

Lea Thompson finds pieces of her past everywhere she goes.

The actress, 63, shared a post on Instagram in May where she could be seen posing with the DeLorean while on vacation with her The Chicken Sisters actress Wendy Malick. (The car is the main plot point Back to the future film series, where Thompson portrays Lorraine Baines-McFly.)

“In a weird twist I ran into a super tricked out #deloriantimemachine #bestdayever❤️,” Thompson partially captioned the post at the time, as she shared a photo of herself striking a pose next to a vehicle sporting a “McFly” license plate.

Now, Thompson is recalling the moment to PEOPLE in an exclusive chat, saying, “I don’t think there’s more than 40 or 50 of them in the world that are set up like that — it was so weird.”

“They follow me everywhere, those damn DeLoreans,” adds the mother of two.

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Lea Thompson poses next to a DeLorean.

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The Back to the future the film series follows Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly and the various obstacles he must overcome after traveling through time using a futuristic DeLorean owned by Christopher Lloyd’s Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown.

According to Thompson, she and Malick, 73, ran into a replica DeLorean twice during their stay.

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Noting that the owner of the vehicle was “bright” when they saw it at night, Thompson explained that the person immediately recognized her when their eyes met.

“He said, ‘Is that Lorraine McFly?’ And I say, ‘Yes.’ It was so funny,” she says. “I really wanted to meet him because I just think it’s so funny to be in this small town in British Columbia and run into Lorraine McFly.”

Lea Thompson in March 2024.

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Thompson’s latest project is based on KJ Dell’Antonia’s bestseller of the same name. It follows family feuds involving competing fried chicken restaurants in a small Southern town.

The first two episodes Chicken sisters currently airing on Hallmark+, with new episodes released every Thursday thereafter.

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