Watch : 'Anna Pigeon' Cast Reveals What Lea Thompson Was Really Like as DirectorLea Thompson is putting the DeLorean into drive. More than 40 years after the actress starred alongside Michael J. Fox in 1985's Back to the Future, she reflected on working with her costar as director Robert Zemeckis watched on. correspondent Will Marfuggi at the Aug. 5 premiere of Anna Pigeon, "how happy Bob Zemeckis would be when I did something right or when something all came together." And while Thompson starred as the younger version of Marty McFly's mom Lorraine McFly, now she gets to experience the thrills of being behind the camera in the upcoming USA Network series.