Have a conversation with Todd and Nicole Cameron and it quickly becomes evident they鈥檙e more than just casual fans of the Back to the Future movie trilogy.
One might even say they鈥檝e built their relationship around it.
鈥淲e鈥檙e both pretty crafty and we kind of met through our love of crafting and costumes and stuff 鈥� we met at Halloween,鈥� Todd said. 鈥淲e were together for a few years and we did a lot of recreating movies with our costumes and fun little projects like that.鈥�
They seemed like a good fit so when it came time to make it official with a proposal, Todd figured a worthy place to pop the question would be at Universal Studios while vacationing in southern California.
鈥淚 realized that we were going to be down there during Back to the Future Day (Oct. 21, 2015). It鈥檚 the day Doc and Marty arrive in the future, so that got me pretty excited,鈥� Todd said.
So he created a DeLorean ring box, which some friends travelling with them smuggled down. 鈥淲e recreated the Western Union delivery scene in front of Biff鈥檚 car,鈥� Todd said. 鈥淲e had it arranged with Universal Studios and they gave us a private tour of some of the cars, so that was pretty exciting.鈥�
The couple has photos and in front of Biff鈥檚 car where Nicole said 鈥測es.鈥� One year later, they held their marriage reception in the Departure Bay Kin Hut, where they recreated the Enchantment Under the Sea high school dance set.
鈥淲hen [Todd] had mentioned we should do a Back to the Future wedding I kind of had my guard up about that,鈥� said Nicole, who admits she loves trilogy, but said no one is as big a fan of the movies as is Todd.
But the theme of the wedding did appeal to her interest in anything to do with the 1950s.
鈥淚n the scene of the move there鈥檚 the dance in 1955, so I thought, with Todd wanting the Back to the Future wedding, that we could somehow compromise and have the 1950s aspect of Back to the Future, so we kind of compromised that way and we both got what we wanted,鈥� she said.
Todd made a King Neptune statue; Nicole recreated the table settings; they hired a band complete with blue suits.
鈥淲e actually found a DeLorean as well,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e had a lot of fun with that.鈥�
When the couple found out three stars from the original movie, Christopher Lloyd, Leah Thompson and Tom Wilson, were going to be at the Calgary Fan Expo, it looked like a good opportunity to finish off their personal life trilogy, so to speak, and get their photo taken with the stars.
And as, it turned out, a line from the first movie when Doc Emmett Brown tells Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker they urgently must travel forward in time with him to 2015 because, 鈥淣o, no, no, no, no, Marty. Both you and Jennifer turn out fine. It鈥檚 your kids, Marty. Something鈥檚 gotta be done about your kids!鈥� could be seen as more than just a strange coincidence.
鈥淲e had been trying to get pregnant and then just after we bought tickets we realized that we were pregnant,鈥� Todd said. 鈥淪o we were thinking what better way to announce our baby than to have our picture taken with the stars from the movie? They were more than gracious and held the sign and gave us hugs and handshakes and congratulations. So, yeah, we pulled off the trilogy.鈥�
Nicole described Lloyd as a 鈥渟uper sweet and very gentle.鈥�
鈥淚t was pretty cool to have him say, 鈥榗ongratulations鈥� in his Doc Brown voice 鈥� and Leah Thompson came over 鈥� I started kind of crying 鈥� and she came over and gave me a huge hug and she was so sweet,鈥� she said.
As for the baby鈥檚 gender and name?
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to save that for a surprise,鈥� Todd said.
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