Eric Stoltz (aka joeri) as Marty McFly in Back to the Future
 

Woax.

I knew Stoltz was originally up for this part and for some reason had been replaced by Fox, but I didn't know they had actually started shooting with him.

Check this gallery out, there are 5 or 6 pages of shots from the movie;

http://www.bttf.com/cgi-bin/ImageFol...as_Marty_McFly

That's just mad to see ... I can't imagine Stoltz in that part.

yeah, I wonder if anyone has any video footage. I never watched the bonus stuff on the DVD's maybe it's on there?? Still I wonder why they switched to Fox in the middle of filming. I'm glad they did though, I can't imagine anyone other than Michael J. Fox in that role.

Apparently it's not on as a bonus feature on the dvds or anything.

According to someone who's posting on the Empire boards, Stoltz played the character 'too intense' and Zemeckis brought in Fox..

Likewise though, I've seen at least most of that movie over 500 times easily when I was wee. I couldn't imagine anyone else playing Marty.

I watched this yesterday wooo (BTF pt II)

I remember seeing an explanation on the switch to Fox, I could have sworn it was as a DVD bonus, but it was probably just a documentary on it.

He was a MUCH better Simon

YEAH, If i had a list of every movie i've ever seen and how many times i've seen that movie, the BTtF trilogy would be at the top of that list hands down. I couldnt count how many times i've seen them.

try

What, from that stupid angel / god movie thing?
What was that called again?
Wasn’t there a second one too? With a girl. And lots more guns?

I think so, anyway.

Prophecy? Was that it?

With Christover Walken, right?


It was a bit cheesy, but alright. It’s been a few years though.

Then again, if I found it cheesy a few years ago, I’m sure I will now too.


You know, I didn’t look at the pics really. It would help if I did.

i'd rather not!

I think i did a good job. It truly was a pleasure working with them.

stoltz does look more like he could be george's son.... i didn't know they had shot so many scenes either. that's a lot of wasted shooting days.

it also seems he's wearing converse.... wasn't fox wearing nike ?

Ah yes, these are the plot holes I’ve been concerned about.
I really don’t know how I’m going to enjoy this movie if they neglected these essential facts.

yah, that's probably the real reason why they changed actors.... Nike probably paid more money for them to use Fox

you never heard of product placement eh?
i'm thinking they switched to nike to pay for the lost shooting days...

here's from IMDB :

Michael J. Fox had always been the first choice for Marty, but scheduling conflicts due to his work on "Family Ties" (1982), initially prevented him from taking the part. Eric Stoltz was initially cast as Marty, but Michael replaced him, driving straight to the movie set after taping of the show was finished every day. He averaged about one or two hours' sleep during production. The bulk of the production was filmed from 6pm to 6am, with the daylight scenes filmed at the weekend

that explains why he always looked so tired. I figured it was just a side effect of time travel. Kind of like having jet lag.

yeah there are definitely a couple of scenes in that movie where he looks like he's either just woken up from a deep sleep, or been asleep for days

Paul?
HHop?

not yet my man, im a disgrace, was off work sick half of last week and back in scotland all weekend

As long as you have excuses that extend past apathy!
haha.

If you hadn't tried to play Mastodon during the dance they'd have kept you on!

i heard voice implodes suggested michael j fox

Those pictures are kind of unsettling. Like glimpses of an alternate universe or something.

agreed

thank god for mjf these pictures are really bothering me now haha

they could use this idea for a sequel. hmm.

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