Christopher Lloyd stepped onto a Mexico City stage Friday to a standing ovation, then dropped a surprise: his favorite character isn’t the one everyone expected.
Lloyd, 87, was the opening headliner at CCXP México 2026, the third edition of the Comic Con Experience held this weekend at Centro Banamex in the capital. More than 1,500 fans packed the Thunder Stage when he walked out, many of them in tears. The actor thanked the crowd and said he was moved to hear fans tell him they loved him — in Spanish.
For most people in the room, Lloyd will always be Dr. Emmett Brown, the wild-haired physicist from the Back to the Future trilogy who built a time machine out of a DeLorean. And Lloyd didn’t shy away from that legacy. He explained that the heart of the Doc Brown character was loneliness — a solitary scientist in his lab — and that what tied him to Marty McFly was mutual curiosity. “Doc Brown always worries about destroying the space-time continuum,” he said. “If that happens, the whole universe disappears. He lives with that responsibility all the time.”
But ask Lloyd which role he holds most dear, and the answer isn’t Doc.
It’s Uncle Fester.
Lloyd told the audience that his favorite character across his entire career is the ghoulish, bald-headed relative from The Addams Family — not because of the film’s success, but because of a personal connection that goes back to childhood. He remembered reading the Addams Family comic strips in newspapers as a boy, never imagining he’d one day play one of the characters. The audience responded by snapping their fingers in unison to the Addams Family theme while the stage lights flickered along.
The session covered a lot of ground. Lloyd talked about the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, saying playing antagonists is genuinely fun. “It really makes you feel good to explore that side of a character,” he said. Asked whether he’d apologize for his villains’ actions, he laughed it off. “No. The audience went to the movies to see it. They wanted it. They asked for it.”
Early Roles
He also reflected on his film debut in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, saying the transition from theater to screen was easier than people assume, largely because of how Jack Nicholson ran the set. “He gave us confidence,” Lloyd said. “It was a challenging cast, directed by Milos Forman. But I survived and it gave me a lot of confidence to continue.”
The session closed on a note that felt very on-brand for the man who made time travel famous. Lloyd told fans not to give up on what matters to them. “Your future is for you to make,” he said before leaving the stage to applause. “Make it a great one.”
He also made a World Cup prediction: Mexico wins.
As for souvenirs from the Back to the Future set, Lloyd admitted he kept one item — a yellow shirt covered in patterns. It lives in his closet. His wife, he said with a laugh, hopes it stays there.
Lloyd remains at CCXP through the weekend, signing autographs and posing for photos with fans inside a real DeLorean. Ticket prices for photo sessions were set at around MX$3,800 (approximately US$185).
Mexico City has a deep relationship with popular entertainment history — as does Yucatán’s own film legacy, which stretches back to the arrival of Edison’s kinetoscope in Mérida in 1897.
At a Glance: CCXP México 2026
- Dates: April 24–26, 2026
- Venue: Centro Banamex, Av. del Conscripto 311, Lomas de Sotelo, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City
- General admission starts at MX$990 (approximately US$48)
- Epic Pass (all-access): MX$4,275 (approximately US$208)
- Other guests: Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Matt Smith and Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon), Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
- Christopher Lloyd photo sessions: approx. MX$3,800 (approximately US$185) per ticket via Ticketmaster
- More info: ccxp.mx
Source: El Universal, Sopitas, Plano Informativo