Lea Thompson on Working With Daughters Maddie and Zoey Deutch
From Back to the Future to Switched at Birth, Lea Thompson 's prolific career spans decades and genres. Yet, the actress' proudest career moment was working with her daughters, Zoey Deutch
"The proudest moment of my career was showing my daughters, Madelyn Deutch and Zoey Deutch, The Year of Spectacular Men, the movie I made with them," Thompson, 63, reveals exclusively in the latest issue of Us Weekly , on newsstands now. "My daughters Maddie and Zoey produced it and starred in it along with me, and Maddie wrote it, scored it and wrote and sang the songs. Being able to create something with my two daughters that I admire and love was my proudest moment."
The 2017 film was a complete family affair, with Thompson's husband, Howard Deutch, also serving a producing role. Thompson's feature film directorial debut, the movie follows Maddie as Izzy Klein and Zoey as her sister, Sabrina, as they navigate young adulthood. Thompson also stars as her daughters' mother in the film.
While Maddie and Zoey have carved out their own respective careers, they can lean on Thompson for advice on navigating Hollywood — and vintage clothes, of course.
"I collect a lot of things, but my favorite collection is vintage clothing because I can use it in different movies and my kids can borrow it," Thompson tells Us.
Keep scrolling for more fun anecdotes from Thompson, who currently stars on Hallmark+'s The Chicken Sisters:
New episodes of The Chicken Sisters are available to stream every Thursday on Hallmark+.
6. My first car was a white AMC Gremlin. It was a very strange car. It cost $999 new, and it was such a terrible car that it was stolen — and returned — twice. Nobody wanted it!
Audrey Hepburn. I just thought she was everything.
11. My favorite song to sing for karaoke is "Something to Talk About" by Bonnie Raitt.
Michael Jackson. The big thing was Donnie Osmond or Michael Jackson, and I was in the Michael Jackson group.
Yuval Noah Harari. I love science as it pertains to being human because I feel like it helps me be a better actor and director. It's a fascinating book, I just love it. I've read it three times because I want to remember everything in it.
Sally Ride, the first woman to ever be in space, when I was filming SpaceCamp. I was so speechless and floored. I've always been a space junkie, I just love space and science fiction.
Michael J. Fox. He's been my [onscreen] son for [almost] 40 years!
24. The song that brings back the best memories is "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey because that hit when I first started acting, and I was getting part after part.
25. My favorite moment from Caroline in the City was in the "Caroline and the Cabbie" episode. I couldn't stop laughing at Saverio Guerra, who played the taxi driver.
