Christopher Lloyd on Back to the Future & Eric Stoltz

Christopher Lloyd talks to Sam Roberts, of The Sam Roberts Show, about Back to the Future, and Eric Stoltz losing the role of Marty McFly.
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[@whatsgoingon07]

I don’t get it, when I was a kid, Christopher Lloyd was old and now that I’m old he’s still old

[@writereducator]

He has a magical painting of himself as a young man up in his attic.

[@billyjoejimbob75]

First time I saw Clint Eastwood at an award show, I had no clue he was that old. Then I realized those movies were older than I thought, and make up does wonders.

[@mez7736]

Nice _Sopranos_ reference!

[@kpec3]

Isn't that what Marty McFly asked in btf?

[@davidhutchinson7888]

Lloyd and Morgan Freeman have never not been old

[@bobdigi500]

So many good actors begrudge their most well known role. I love the fact Loyd has always embraced back to the future.

[@EmperorStarscream]

What else does he have? Roger Rabbit? 🐰

[@EstraNiato]

@@EmperorStarscream I think you need to look again at his filmography :)

[@MattC78]

I see you have not seen Coo Coo's Nest. Probably one of his fist roles. Might not be his best but noteworthy for sure.

[@thesilvershining]

@@EmperorStarscream Reverend Jim from Taxi, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Star Trek III, Uncle Fester, Rasputin.... dude has a ton of range and has had a ton of roles since the 70's.

[@EmperorStarscream]

@@thesilvershining oh yeah, I forgot he was Uncle Fester

[@JimElford]

Lloyd really went out of his way to praise Stoltz, true gent.

[@kylie9687]

What you have against Stoltz?

[@JimElford]

@@kylie9687 I like that Lloyd took the opportunity to give credit to Stoltz. Shining a light on a performance that obviously just didnt match the hopes or expectations of the production team. It wasn't a slight against Stoltz at all.

[@cyberpleb2472]

@@JimElford But by all accounts, Stoltz gave a good performance, i.e. he gave a praiseworthy performance. Lloyd wasn't going out of his way to state this (he would only have been doing so if Stoltz's performance was sub-par). I suspect it would still have been a great movie if they kept Stoltz; it would simply have been a different movie. Language is subtle. I'm afraid the phrase "went out of his way" does indeed suggest that you think Lloyd exaggerated Stoltz performance. I know that's not what you meant though.

[@iamalive.1255]

Eric Stoltz is an amazing actor. It’s just some actors are better suited for certain roles.

[@ChrisWolfe111]

@@kylie9687 Tom Wilson mentioned he was a jerk to him. Eric Stoltz is a method actor and not suited for this roll. They wanted Michael J Fox anyway. Seems as though they have a lot of footage of Stoltz as Marty. Well never see it.

[@johncook1885]

Christopher Lloyd looks extremely healthy for 77 years old.Good for him.

[@Danimal300zx]

+john cook This was 3 years ago. He was 74 then. He's slowed down even more since then.

[@johncook1885]

Good

[@poopypants8815]

Danimal300zx nice comment Captain obvious. seriously fucktard? he's 77 now. of course he's slower

[@GrijzePilion]

Fuck. He's 77? I thought he was like 62.

[@steelstreet2crew211]

john cook he sometimes looks much other in other movies tho.

[@joemasters2270]

Eric Stoltz as Marty was the original timeline.

[@RyanGill86]

Joe Masters darn it, Barry Allen!

[@degsbabe]

Feel sad for Eric. Must of hurt.

[@deanshaw6588]

the cafe when biff gets punched was eric's fist not michael's they didn't reshoot the scene

[@bunchofrandomjunk]

@@deanshaw6588 I knew that since I watched a video essay covering that shot no one even talked or noticed about.

[@ryuugaminemikado8186]

@rudy2fat technically there would still be a franchise with him as marty but it wasn't his density...i mean destiny anymore because....barry did it again😅🤣

[@marinemom351]

I grew up in the McFly house and was there for some of the filming. Christoper Lloyd came late to shoot his scene (dropping Marty off after their adventure) and I saw him from afar but he was gone by the time things were finished for the day. Maybe one day I will get to meet him. I n the meantime, Michael came back that evening and watched family Ties with us and all the neighbor kids who had to stay away all day. It was an amazing experience.

[@prestonbane4176]

🤯🤯🤯

[@portalofwonder]

so cool!

[@writereducator]

I've seen the rough cuts of Erik Stoltz playing Marty and it just was not working. It was a very gutsy move to replace him six weeks in. Christopher Lloyd is so classy in his remarks.

[@Picnicl]

What - literally a few seconds?

[@writereducator]

@@Picnicl What does "a few seconds" refer to?

[@Picnicl]

We've only seen a few seconds of Eric Stoltz in the movie.

[@guitarsANDcars39]

They had to. His face was too stiff for Marty.

[@fidelsolis6070]

So true Eric sucks. All the Erics ever suck.

[@SirHilaryManfat]

Why is Christopher Lloyd being interviewed by Sideshow Bob?

[@expatlar]

I'm pretty sure Sideshow Bob would never have opened an interview with anything as inane and embarrassing as "What's the haps?"

[@SirHilaryManfat]

***** I'm more like Homer Simpson myself :)

[@ReverendSyn]

He isn't.

[@SirHilaryManfat]

Yes I do know that he wasn't actually being interviewed by a fantasy cartoon character. But thanks for clearing that up for me :)

[@jtkirkfan2002]

Sideshow Bob did turn Krusty's show into a talk show after he framed Krusty for robbery.

[@wildforthecats661]

Eric Stoltz as Marty? It wasn’t his density............destiny.

[@jasona9]

I read that Darth Vader from planet Vulcan came down to see Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis. He told them that if they did not recast Eric with Michael J. Fox that he would melt their brains....LOL

[@MKtheinstrumentalist]

That's heavy....

[@marguskiis7711]

Ironically they built all the movie around Stoltz. Marty's parents looked like Stoltz, they acted like Stoltz, the story of movie was quite dramatic like Stoltz. So Fox is really a foreign element inside. They changed something after the replacement, I suppose the reaganomic end of movie was made after Fox and some fun elements were added to the 1955 due the appearance of Fox. And Doc character was made easier due the Fox, so Lloyd' work was simpler too, now he was just a goofy guy.

[@kimkatz2444]

Hahhahaha

[@JordansMom769]

@@jasona9 well let's just keep this brain-melting stuff to ourselves.

[@fkerpants]

Always liked that dude. He's definitely a class act.

[@quietcorner293]

My favorite Christopher Lloyd character is still Jim Ignatowski on Taxi.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

cpk1994 that bit always kills me. Such an amazing sense of comedic timing.

[@09nob]

Pieces all the way for me.

[@tomflake6141]

Quiet Corner Good old reverand Jim. ☺

[@nigelcarren]

I agree. My favourite scene is when at his apartment I think Alex asks if he could put something on Jim's table (an empty wooden cable reel)... Jim Pauses and says.... "Yeah... I suppose I could use that as a table"! Brilliant. My quite brilliant impersonation of this scene stopped me being bullied all the way through school. Thank you Mr Lloyd. (insert laughing emoji)

[@alanfrost75]

Taxi was a star-studded show, but no one there came even close to making me laugh as much as Chris Lloyd. Epic character. For me its a tie between Jim and Doc Brown.

[@joemasters2270]

Christopher Lloyd was actually in high school in 1955 XD

[@1.1797]

Just googled to see how old Christopher lloyd is and am in shock. He's 80! Man, I hope he's immortal because he's one of my favs!!

[@austinpearce5442]

Josh tacos I’m still petrified by his Roger Rabbit performance

[@AVoxintheVoid]

@@austinpearce5442that gave me the fear as a child. That ending...

[@TheRmm1976]

Lloyd was great in Stark Trek III. Loved the scene where he tells the gunner to "target engine only" and then kills him after the gunner destroys the Federation ship with a "lucky shot" !!

[@TralfazConstruction]

Good catch. I'd forgotten that scene. Now I will have to watch that again very soon. Thank you.

[@Vichedges]

I didn’t like Loyd in that role, it was too hard to take him seriously as a Klingon warrior.

[@TheRmm1976]

@@Vichedges He certainly added more of a comic element for the role... So I can see what you mean.

[@GentlemanAmerican]

I enjoyed Christopher Lloyd in Star Trek III. That was the first movie role I saw him in. He is great playing eccentric characters. Even as a villain, he performs with a subtle sense of humor, which I think worked in that movie.

[@subvet3668]

I loved the line when he looked at the Klingon about to speak and said...…"Say the wrong thing Tork"

[@thegrimyeaper]

- What's the haps? - Uh yeah.

[@phibeslives4048]

+thegrimyeaper What an awesome way to start an interview.

[@ia5662]

just reading that transcript makes me laugh even harder about it lol

[@macturner2196]

You know, that's Sam's old segment, right? What's The Haps? It's his one question he asked celebs.

[@theceng]

yeah that's annnoying

[@juanaltredo2974]

WTF does that mean?

[@ghanasoul]

If i was Eric Stolz, i would’ve been VERY upset at being replaced after 6 weeks of work! The fact it took that long for them to realize it wasn’t going the way they envisioned it is crazy. Gotta love show biz.

[@incognoscente]

It sounds like they were content with him before being fickle when MJF became available.

[@Johnny-xj5qu]

Allegedly Spielberg demanded Stolz be the guy, but gave Zemeckis the option to fire him if it didn’t work.. Zemeckis never saw him as the screwball needed for the role, but gave him the best chance he could until he became unbearable. Stoltz became too artsy about it, demanding the entire cast call him Marty and off set, sucking the energy out of the room, and during a cast meeting discussing a scene that was supposed to be funny, Stoltz spoke up about it being sad, that a high school kid was transported back in time with no known way to make it back to where he belonged. Stoltz tried to turn a campy movie into a serious drama.

[@incognoscente]

@@Johnny-xj5qu Both Sidney Sheinberg (studio president) and Michael Fenton (casting director) have claimed that Spielberg had the power to veto the casting of Stoltz if he wanted to.

[@ardalire651]

​@@Johnny-xj5quI mean, I get that Stoltz wasn't great to work with, but he's not wrong. The premise of that movie IS sad and disturbing.

[@kerrytakashi12]

@@incognoscente The only person with the power and the clout to get Stoltz fired AND have an entire movie refilmed again was Spielberg.

[@MyCovertNarcissism]

Christopher Lloyd being interviewed by Sideshow Bob, that's a pretty cool thing to see.

[@vincentmartinez8241]

With Sam Rockwell wearing a sideshow Bob wig 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@indieshack4476]

If Stoltz had completed BTTF, we might never had had him in Pulp Fiction which would have been a shame - he's a great actor and great in that movie!

[@mushmello526]

In that timeline Michael J Fox would have played in that movie and it would have been off too

[@wildcardartsent]

Indieshack You know there was word (or so I heard) Kurt Cobain was supposed to do Stoltz's role in Pulp Fiction.

[@Dman425]

Pulp Fiction was made 4 years after BTTF 3 came out and 9 after BTTF came out

[@indieshack4476]

@@Dman425 and your point?

[@Dman425]

@@indieshack4476 my point is Eric Stoltz would of been able to do all the BTTF movies and Pulp Fiction

[@PetProjects2011]

Eric Stoltz said in one interview years ago that he thought the real reason he was fired was because he kept trying to convince the writers to make the film more serious, rather than a comedy.

[@BigMac8000]

You can piece this from multiple accounts, both Crispin and him thought the ending philosophy represented different paradigms than the writers and directors. Crispin, in an interview, said he thought love should be the reward and not the money and fame that was represented in the movie's ending. Eric (according to the actress that played Lorraine) said that he believed that the story was actually a tragedy. When Marty returns to the future he has dozens of memories that no longer exist, his entire life is changed and the people he knows are half-strangers. You can see that one in an interview with Lea Thompson here on YT, on some series on "Pop goes the culture tv". A lot of people cared about this movie during the making of it, a lot of conflicting opinions, a lot of heat on the set. It's probably why it made such a good movie, even though it was hard on the creators (actors and production alike). I haven't seen Eric Stoltz's account but there's many people have interesting stories about his portrayal and what he was doing. The actor that played BIff mentioned he had some bruises from Stoltz's method acting in the scene where Marty grabs his collar, and that when he asked him to dial it down a bit, Stoltz went right in for it again. You can see that with the interview with Thomas F. Wilson. There's a YT channel "raz" that has it. Even Christopher Lloyd stated it, and reflected fondly on the tonal difference - Eric was playing it more broodingly, Fox played it with much more comedic timing. I don't think anyone had any illusions about his portrayal and the actors have positive things to say - considering what happened to Crispin Glover in the second movie too, you can see there was a lot of turmoil.

[@incognoscente]

Eric told the L.A. Times in 1994 that he wasn't told to be comedic. Either the director misdirected him on purpose or the film-makers changed their minds after seeing a fair amount of footage.

[@soolly357]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was an amazing movie and his laugh at the end was great pure genius

[@clutch8685]

stoltz reedemed his comic chops in Pulp Fiction "It's a medical book. A little black fucking medical book!"

[@BarstoolBlues33]

Nah, he just didn't work as Marty. He played it too straight.

[@Tusc9969]

Xavier Roberts Incorrect. QT had a lot of actors in mind to play Lance...john cusack, johnny depp, christian slater etc but he NEVER had kurt cobain as a choice to play any character.

[@GavinJ37]

Exactly. That was just a bullshit comment by Courtney love. Although Kurt would have been interesting in the role...his drug use and erratic behavior would have made him impossible to work with

[@teeniebeenie8774]

wasnt he in all them pretty in pink type duds?

[@davidreese9511]

You gotta Love Christopher Lloyd, Ive watched this guy act since Taxi (a television sitcom.) He has played in a many great movie with so many different actors and actresses and he can act with any strange character that the roll calls for. Adams family Uncle Fester he nailed this one, Going south as a small town sheriff set in the late 1800s, Who framed Rodger Rabbit an evil cartoon mascaraing as a human A scientist character in Back to the Future movies. Im sure there's many many more movies he has acted in. Always delivering a great performance. I would never pass on the opportunity to see him in any movie. The characters he portrays always out shine the movie he is cast in. Great Job Mr. Lloyd. Keep making movies and Ill keep watching them.

[@wesleyantrim6648]

David Reese one flew over the cuckoo’s nest!

[@justmeeagainn]

Thank you for clarifying that it was Taxi the TV sitcom, not Taxi the Harry Chapin song, or heaven forbid, an actual taxi.

[@darindunn]

Lloyd gives the most gracious response to this question of any of the other actors involved.

[@HECTOR2006ELPASO]

Eric Stoltz would have been more believable as George McFly's son, at least as far as physical resemblance goes.

[@geomfilms]

I agree

[@JesseJ588]

I'd say it's clear Crispin was cast around Eric, and when they replaced him they just kept Crispin.

[@BigMac8000]

You could make a good discussion point that Marty takes after Lorraine more than George, which is why he's shorter, scrawnier, but also kind of a wildcard living in a stuffy society. It would also explain why Marty has so much good, solid advice for George that he responds to, because maybe a lot of those lessons he got from his mother - or perhaps by rebelling from his mother's lost rambunctiousness. ("In my day we never parked in cars with boys" and so on). She seems to respond to the whole "I'm your destiny" bit despite George screwing it up, which would say he's got a lot more insight into his mom rather than his father. This gets creepy the more you think about it, I'm gonna stop hahahaha.

[@A-Dubs398]

But kids don't always look identical to their parents.

[@jon4715]

BigMac8000 pretty thoughtful, and I believe that is an accurate assessment whether or not it was intentional at the time of recasting marty

[@kazel205]

If you like Christopher Lloyd pick up a movie called The Dream Team it's one of the best movies ever a cult classic

[@chrishansen9731]

Oh my God great movie!

[@Vichedges]

I haven’t seen it in years but I enjoyed it when I was a kid.

[@PurushaDesa]

Yes, yes, yes! Him and Michael Keaton - superb!

[@JohnDoe-vn1we]

Great movie.

[@maninblack6606]

Great classic

[@dubswirl3082]

‘Oh my god they found me... I don’t know how but they found me... run for it Marty!!’

[@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98]

Chris seems like a nice guy. Such an icon and I’m in my 20’s? And I was a kid when I was introduced to the trilogy and I loved it ever since . My parents had great taste in entertainment lol. Music and movies no joke lol

[@AlanaByTheShore]

I'm a little surprised the director did not approach Eric and say "man, look, you're doing a good job... This movie is a comedy. Could you lighten it up a bit?"

[@hadara69]

Stoltz is (was) a “method actor”, meaning he’s WEIRD about his craft. 🙄He would insist people call him “Marty” even when the cameras stopped rolling. For him, BTTF was a “tragedy”, especially the end (and Crispin Glover agreed on that last bit, btw!), because “ONLY Marty knew what he had endured, and his whole prior life was forgotten.” Stoltz is a GREAT actor, IMO! He just wasn’t right for this. I get the “method acting” thing too but your perfectly reasonable question is complicated by how he approached the whole story. His entire "Motivation" (Sounds cheesy but that's how they work). This is why casting is SO important in films. Will Smith famously said that if he had been cast in "The Matrix" (almost was!) that he, "Woulda messed it up!" 🤭

[@JCJR0411]

This man is so polite in his statements. When we see other actors talking about Eric's behavior and performance on the film set, and they seem so disappointed with him, but Mr LLoyd just addresses everything in a more diplomatic manner.

[@eFMe-fk1xh]

I think it's the fact that Lloyd was the older among the main characters, an already navigated actor with a lot of experience. For him Stoltz was just another talented fellow to work with; for the rest of the cast, the youngsters, Stoltz was probably too complicated with his serious method and stuff.

[@RobinHood3000]

​@@eFMe-fk1xhIf Eric was as method as some other actors have said, too, it would make sense for his rapport with Lloyd to be very different from his rapport with the other actors. And of course, tying into your point, how actors talk about each other publicly was very different for Lloyd's generation.

[@davemiller6055]

Lea Thompson speaks well of Eric.

[@ZenFox0]

Christopher Lloyd is very gracious.

[@lfrohling]

Wow! Love the honesty and the info :)) thank u so much Christopher and radio hosts for giving him the "space" for this valuable info

[@Zickcermacity]

Interesting thought: Would Stoltz, one year earlier, have been better suited for a darker, more brooding time travel scenario, perhaps as Kyle Reese in The Terminator?

[@one7decimal2eight]

This is the first time in my life I've ever heard anyone say...what's the happs. But then again, I haven't paid attention to pop culture since 1984.

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

I think he’s brilliant. I remember him as Jim in taxi and truly thought they had gotten an incredibly sweet fried stoner. I mean he played it so perfectly, some actors would be type casted after that. Towards the end of the series he played some really good villains in other stuff most notably the Klingon commander in Star Trek 3 which helped set mold for Klingon’s to come. He’s such a good actor, who gets recognition but i still think he's under rated.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

I've seen a few of these interviews and yet I've never seen them ask if they think the director or the other actors improved the second time around. I've directed a lot of theatre and of course, you get better the more you do it. If you get to direct the same movie again I'd sure it will be easier and you'd have new ideas and also know what didn't and did work. I guess in brief I wonder if it would have been as good had they had Michael J. Fox from day one. People assume it would be the same movie but having worked with actors and directing a lot, I know it wouldn't be. I'm not a major movie director obviously but even on large theatre productions and shows I directed more than once in larger theatres I know that you gain a deeper understanding of the piece directing it more than once.

[@christopherfoote4643]

It wouldn't have been as good of a film. It probably wouldn't have worked. It's pretty obvious that Stoltz gave the movie dramatic depth and it's obviously a much better movie because of Stoltz.

[@markyacoubian1911]

@@christopherfoote4643 Interesting point. Never thought of that -- so the Eric Stoltz "tweak" helped the movie even if he was ultimately replaced.

[@_Dovar_]

It's December 31st 2020 - great Scot!

[@gabrielM1111]

why do keep referring to things as heavy? is there a problem with the earths gravitational pull in the future?

[@Skiddy2000]

well we have heavy metal, lmfao

[@bluethunder7391]

Gabriel M What?

[@giannipuface9441]

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious shit.

[@chuck3379]

Ronald Reagan?! The actor??!!

[@shadwell749]

My density has popped me to you...Um I mean,my destiny has brought me to you.

[@JohnDoe-lb1kc]

christopher lloyd looks like jeese ventura minus the steroids.

[@DocAlexandrite]

Holy Christ you’re right

[@doc8013]

@@theunseencret4629 um, well he was doc brown so....

[@blake7871]

Minus the steroids and minus the heroin needle sticking out of his arm.

[@arbytv5139]

By the time I wrote this comment, Christopher Lloyd will be turning 81. It’ll be a milestone moment for back to the future fans if he reaches the age of 88.

[@JGlennFL]

He had a great guest shot in NCIS as a survivor of the USS Arizona as well. Very touching performance.

[@x3n0l3e6]

One flew over the cuckoo's nest is one of my favourite movies with Christopher Lloyd in

[@dsg8149]

Now let's imagine Micheal J Fox in Pulp Fiction 😂

[@baronvg]

I just had a thought. If when Stoltz was told he was being replaced (read: fired), I wonder if he tried to fight for his job, whether begging or somehow trying to convince the producers that he was still the right choice; maybe telling them he'd change his acting approach or whatever.

[@YummyBananaFish]

+baronvg Nah. Apparently Stoltz had already confided in people that he felt unsure about the movie and that he wasn't right for the part, so I guess he agreed with the decision.

[@grammarofficerkrupke4398]

I heard that he went full MacGruber on them.

[@vivalapsych]

Im sure he cashed that check right away.

[@LM77va]

2:40 that says a lot about his devotion. It also makes me really want to see the unreleased film.

[@TTOMO]

Love the Mr. Bungle poster in the background.

[@realsatoshihashimoto]

They should do a special edition where Eric Stoltz is Marty McFly for the first part of the movie & then turns into Michael J Fox after going back to 1955. The in-universe explanation could be that it was he act of going back & changing history that also changed Marty McFly's appearance & personality. That would be awesome.

[@soylentteal]

In an interview, Tom Wilson said when he was called in to be informed about the change that he was afraid he was being fired.

[@marksoquetjr4693]

Eric Stoltz can do comedy. Fast Times at Richmond High, Wild Life (kind of a Ritchie Cunningham character), and Pulp Fiction. I think Michael J Fox had a timing of a stand up comedian. Therefore, it helped the pacing of the film. I still haven't seen the footage but the actor who played Bif gave a humorous take of Stoltz's method acting process. Come to think of it, Stotz was in 3 or 4 films with the actress Lea Thompson (who played the mother).

[@patsfan4life]

Wild Life!😊

[@paulcarbonaro6748]

Michael J. Fox had the necessary boy-next-door vulnerability that Eric Stoltz lacked.

[@lscales6131]

Also I heard Stoltz was a huge pain in the ass to some other actors.

[@ragheadand420roll]

Some kind of wonderful

[@just__dave]

Fox brought a physicality to the role that I don’t think Eric did. The diving into the DeLorean, the stumbling backwards in the barn, the falling while trying to put on his pants, the short stature compared to Biff which made the whole David & Goliath thing work. No one else could have done that as well.

[@RaikenXion]

Wow hes looking like one of the first Doctors now his hairstyle is exactly the same. What a legend so sad we can never get a Back to the Future part 4 and have all the original cast return for like a reunion, one last time.

[@manuelruiz4230]

“What’s the haps?! *Laughs* “yeah...”

[@jrjubach]

Chris is such a legend.

[@satyricon65]

He didn't speak ill of Eric. All class.

[@fload46d]

Really incredibly fun movies and Chris Lloyd was tremendous.

[@katrinajones8788]

They made the best choice with Michael. I love Stoltz because he played Rocky.

[@brucenator]

I would still like to see the full Eric Stoltz version, perhaps as a short under a different title, like Some Folks Call It A Flux Capacitor. Before Sling Blade came out there was a short film titled Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade with Molly Ringwald, which was essentially Act I of the full length feature film.

[@jellyboy123]

i love to see how far they got into the film. reports say it was about as far as when george hits biff in the parking lot . Thats nearly the full film. i would love to see that version just to see how another actor played the part.

[@MrE.888]

They got six weeks in. They don't film movies in chronological order btw

[@talktalk2412]

Thank god they brought Micheal in, I can't imagine Marty being played by anyone else.

[@HerbChao14xs]

Well, if you live in the alternate timeline of FLash where his Mom survived (and no meta humans existed) you'd have a world where Eric Stoltz stayed as Marty McFly.

[@talktalk2412]

@@HerbChao14xs NO!

[@americanpatriot7508]

He is the reason back to the future is my favorite movie

[@Zdkim]

Christopher LLoyd class act.

[@bh5606]

Will always be Reverend Jim.

[@pallen49]

There was a documentary done on famous actors and actresses who was either not given the role or they turned it down, thru out history of movies...One can' help but wonder what the movie might've turn out if a lot of the classics that we have come to know and loved, how it would've been if the lead was swapped out with someone else?...For example, in Gone With The Wind, Lucille Ball auditioned for the role of Scarlet O'Hara and she didn't get it, it went to Vivian Leigh...Also, Shirley Temple auditioned for Dorothy on Wizard of Oz, but it went to Judy Garland instead...So I think all things are meant to be because all those movies were awesome and became a classic with the cast that they ended up with.. I mean, I can't imagine anyone else being Marty than Michael J. Fox, imo..

[@gokusupersaiyan4241]

Christoper Lloyd will alwayz b our Doc - Emmet Brown .

[@razorbeard6970]

Something that just occured to me is if Stolz had been hired to play the father. I really love Crispin Glover's performance but, there is actually a solid resemblance between Fox and Stolz. Unfortunately, it had to play out this way. I hate it when people criticize Stolz for being fired like he isn't a great actor in comparison to Fox when he just wasn't what the filmmakers wanted.

[@Scripture-Man]

It is kind of wonderful that "Doc Brown" looks just the same age now as he did 30 years ago! :D I keep thinking that all the actors should now go back and play their older roles to be inserted into the film, that would really make it believable!

[@nakyer]

You should see Tom Wilson. When the movie was made, he really looked like Biff in 1955. They made him up to look 30 years older for the 1985 scenes. Here we are in 2015, 30 years later, and it turns out the makeup people did a pretty good job. Tom Wilson, today, looks very much like Biff did in the 1985 "30 years older" scenes.

[@ppham36]

Michael J. Fox has Parkinson's disease.

[@mauriciolacruz]

If the trilogy had been conceived without that lighthearted, half-comedic edge with which it was created (if they wanted to give it a serious, realistic air of a purely Sci-Fi movie), then Eric Stoltz would have been the perfect Marty McFly, undoubtedly much better than Michael J. Fox. In that case, they would also have to have chosen other actors for the characters of Dr. Emmet Brown and Biff Tannen and his henchmen, etc, (or have had to interpret their roles in another way). As well as giving to certain characters different names (McFly's own last name is already hilarious!) and even have put another soundtrack. But since it was not like that, as the idea was of a saga as I say with clearly sympathetic and half comic overtones, the role had to be undoubtedly for an actor with a youthful, endearing and totally carefree appearance (and way of acting) to whom that role suited him perfectly: Michael J. Fox.

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

My favorite performance of his is Judge Doom, for sure! But he's always memorable in whatever role.

[@NickCager]

"Remember when you played Doc on Back to the Future?".... [YES] ... "Yeah... that was cool."

[@killerdamocles69]

He looks so good for his age. Mind you he's looked 80 years old for the last 30 years! His age finally caught up with his looks.

[@LeKnightStudios13419]

Great Scott!

[@julinho218]

His voice is great

[@Overton_Windows]

For me it’s a simple as I just cannot handle a tall Marty McFly. Fox was born to play that role.

[@Turco949]

MJF played the role in a much quirkier and light way where as ES played it in a much more serious fashion where it had almost no "fun/comedy" element.

[@MarkBradfield]

In front of some serious mics and yet the sound quality is like someone's iphone sitting across the room on a table.

[@jamessanger-brown8]

These are not serious mics 😂 but I totally get your point. Awful sound, awkward interview

[@dalethelander3781]

The room has no sound-absorption on the walls.

[@xmarine73]

Those mics are barely professional grade mics and the gain is too high.

[@Psycho-Ssnake]

Also interviewer was away from his mic, so it created echoing in that small hard room. But I guess he wasn't able to keep a quiet by the mic voice while talking to film history. And I dont blame him

[@UncleScorch]

Mark Robert pointing out the pointless. Get over it.

[@000274400]

Chritopher Lloyd...What a beauty, he's a sweet heart of a man. Biff tried to hold back laughing when eric stoltz gor fired and said his performance sucked and was terrible and they all knew it. and he said he was really gonna beat him up when they got to the car scene. Stoltz was a diva, Thomas F Wilson was totally cool.

[@MrRobison94]

Resource?

[@000274400]

MrRobison94 type in biff on eric stoltz or thomas f wilson talks about eric stoltz you will see it on there. its awesome!!

[@nakyer]

Actually, Tom Wilson said Eric was too "methody" and the only problem between them was when Marty and Biff had an alteracation, Eric wouldn't stop being too forceful and actually hurting Tom's collar bone. Stoltz was no diva, he just wasn't right for the role. It wasn't working out.

[@000274400]

nakyer stoltz was a geek trying to play cool and thats that, i honestly think george mcfly looked cooler by comparison LOL everyone knew it and was like we got a problem here

[@nakyer]

Haven't heard from anyone involved that the problem was Stoltz being a geek. It was his feel for comedy that apparently was lacking.

[@Mark73]

My first memory of Christopher Lloyd was as Jim from Taxi.

[@mariamayub212]

Fantastic and exclusive footage!

[@howardsung108]

I used to eat at a buffet style restaurant with my family almost every weekend (since he brought it up) and it over looked the parking lot where the filmed the mall scenes.

[@Dan-ob7it]

the movie would still have been fine, since we would have still had Chris Lloyd as Doc Brown. To me, he's the main character.

[@nosuchthing8]

Who knew? Agree

[@SpaceGoat.]

Sam I setup a home media server with scripting and it injects year specific ads every Xx min. So when watching the 1980s twilight zone it’ll interject ads from the year the release came out! My next step is to add in news report clips by year as well. But that content isn’t as plenty as just old ads. Have you done this yet? If not lmk. It really makes watching stuff that much better!

[@RavishingBeyond]

Iconic voice

[@imnobody3490]

If only people would ask about miwok to Christopher Lloyd and see his reaction. PS I truly adore Mr Lloyd acting

[@HalfEatenMedia]

Imagine you finally got a lucky break in a great film to be replaced midway through because you weren’t what they wanted anymore. Then when the film comes out it’s a smash hit and gets two sequels catapulting Michael J. Fox into super stardom. Hollywood is a tough place

[@Vichedges]

Yeah but Stoltz is an “actor”. Most movie stars aren’t great actors, they just have charisma. I mean, Eastwood, Schwarzenegger, Ford, Bruce Willis, John Wayne, all huge movie stars but not exactly known for being great actors. Fox is like that too, his charisma is just off the charts. Stoltz is more of a character or dramatic actor IMO. That’s not a slight either, he’s a great actor, just not a movie “star” like Fox.

[@KarmaTiger]

MJF was already a star - one if the reasons he was their first choice to play Marty

[@bluethunder7391]

It worked out perfectly.

[@sushiking56]

christopher lloyd has slowed down a lot but he's still got that doc charm

[@AnimalsDressedasHumans]

John Lithgow was the first choice to play Doc Brown, and Eric Stotz was 2nd choice for Marty. Schedule didn’t open up for Michael J. Fox until late into the project, but he was originally their first choice, and scheduling kept Lithgow off the project. While no one would have it any other way, I can picture Lithgow really pulling off that role.

[@scullygio88]

Doc Brown would totally have been in John Lithgow's wheelhouse. (see Dr. Emilio Lizardo - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai...)

[@oceansoflorewi]

That awkward moment CL aged exactly like Doc was supposed to look in 1985 lol. Probably the only case where dude looks old yet looks as if he hasn't aged a day in 35 years all at the same time!

[@MrDlt123]

He'll always be Jim ignatowski to me. [Driving Test Question] "Pssst! What does a yellow light mean?" Answer "Go Slow" Question: "What....Does...A...Yellow....Light...Mean?" "Answer: Go Slow! Question: "What...........Does.........A.......Yellow.........Light..........Mean?"

[@alienklein]

Darrin Nunyah I laughed my ass off at that when my dad first showed me it.

[@BrightOranje]

1:12 That mall is still there and they did a BTTF event on the 30th anniversary. Twin Pines Mall sign is now inside it :)

[@CorporalFunishment]

Right on good interview thanks for the vid!

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

Eric Stolt is a fine actor, but if you watch the footage they shot with him and compare it to the finished product, it is night and day. They made the right choice. JW3HH

[@PetProjects2011]

The best example is the scene where Marty is staring at his father in the diner in disbelief. Eric and Michael have two very different reactions. Michael made Marty seem totally shocked at seeing his young father, and not really knowing how to act, while Eric's expression seems kinda deadpan, and almost Bella Swan-like.

[@jadedemotions9891]

Michael is comedic and charming, Eric seemed very cold and serious!

[@RaytheonNublinski]

Well for one they had him dressed like he was going to a funeral.

[@MisterWhat]

Michael had obviously better comedic expression and timing with the tv show but Eric`s expression is not deadpan to me, it`s just angled differently. That said, I think Eric certainly prefered the more dark take than what they had. To me, it`s always going to be the original timeline.

[@MisterWhat]

You mean, he just looked cooler. Maybe to a fault, even.

[@Kiwitakimago]

[Sam] “Hey Christopher I’m going to interview you and sit 2 feet from you the whole time”!

[@mikevicchiarelli2369]

Eric Stoltz caught on for leads in all those other big blockbusters and major tv roles

[@flowerpt]

We probably got the tremendous Doc that we did because Lloyd had a chance to refine the character on the second takes.

[@markyacoubian1911]

He appears to be more zany in some scenes than others. Wonder which ones were filmed while Stoltz was acting (but off camera) and which ones were due to Fox's influence. They basically spliced two (or 3?) movies together.

[@Cindy-io3yn]

그 인자한 음성이 너무 매력적이고 포근하기까지 합니다. 정말 예전과 같으시더라구요~ 오래오래 건강하세요^^

[@benjamindover9356]

Fun fact: The Hacker from the PBS Kids show, Cyberchase, is played by Christopher Lloyd

[@That1Guy]

Great response to what’s the haps?

[@meotv2336]

We love Mr Lloyd

[@WonsPhreely]

It was all about selling tickets in the end, Fox was just the star they needed.

[@miggysmalls]

Christopher Lloyd for Master Xehanort!!

[@deilermarcosteixeira6218]

Não acredito em coincidências na maioria das vezes!... acredito que o sucesso depende de um conjunto de fatores, e no caso de "Devolta para o Futuro" não foi diferente!... todo o elenco, produção, efeitos especiais, trilha sonora!.. tudo se encaixou perfeitamente, os atores e atrizes cada qual em seu personagem!.... enfim!... o conjunto da obra!!

[@IronMan-tk8uc]

O filme perfeito!