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Imagine What You'll Know Tomorrow

Eric Stoltz was Back to the Future’s Marty McFly for 5 Weeks

by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 1:16 pm, August 1st, 2012


When Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale began filming Back to the Future, they had only 5 weeks to complete it. Unfortunately, their initial casting decision to place Eric Stoltz in the role of Marty McFly just didn’t pan out: ”He was totally professional but there was just something missing.” Fortunately, they were able to convince the studio to let them reshoot with comedy gold Michael J. Fox…or perhaps they traveled back in time with the DeLorean and simply never cast Stoltz in the first place. The world may never know.

(via The Hollywood Reporter.)

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    “imagine what you’ll know tomorrow”?…  this item is old news, try to imagine what we knew two years ago…   

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    “imagine what you’ll know tomorrow”?…  this item is old news, try to imagine what we knew two years ago…   

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001899236281 Sarah Nicole Skanes

    That’s somewhat, but not quite true.

    Fox was their initial choice, but due to being tied up with filming Family Ties, he could not accept the role. They ended up casting Stoltz anyhow after one of the head honchos at Universal was convinced beyond any doubt that Stoltz would work, and promised to allow them to re-cast if he turned out to be wrong.

    Ends up they were right, and as you say above – Stoltz was very professional and a good actor – he just was not what they were looking for. He wasn’t able to portray the humor they wanted. They ended up going back to the producers of Family Ties and begged to allow Michael to take the role. The ended up allowing him to do so, providing that they knew that his obligations to the TV show came first and foremost, and left the decision up to Michael as to whether or not he wanted to effectively do double shifts. He ended up being picked up by Universal at the TV set at like 9PM, and then carted to the film set, and then carted off to bed at like 4AM for a few short hours sleep.

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