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Jan 30, 2023 · Eric Stoltz just might be best remembered for a movie he didn't star in. He was famously cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future, but fired after five weeks of filming and replaced by Michael...
Aug 10, 2024 · On January 10, 1985, Eric Stoltz was fired from Back to the Future after a month of filming, making way for Michael J. Fox to take over as Marty McFly.
Mar 1, 2022 · Michael J. Fox brought Marty McFly to life in the Back to the Future movie franchise, but he wasn't the first person cast in the role. Eric Stoltz was the original actor tapped to play the co-lead in the 1985 movie, but he was ultimately fired and replaced.
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Jun 15, 2023 · Movie and pop culture history would have looked dramatically different if producers had stuck with the original actor cast to play Marty McFly in Back to the Future: Eric Stoltz.
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Oct 21, 2015 · Only a few weeks into filming, director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale realized something was wrong: Stoltz was a fine dramatic actor, but he wasn’t bringing the screwball energy the film...
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Oct 2, 2024 · ERIC Stoltz was the first person cast for the role of Marty McFly in the iconic eighties time-travel masterpiece Back To The Future. But he was fired and replaced by Michael J. Fox after approximately five weeks of filming — here we take a look at everything that happened and why.
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Oct 22, 2020 · Before Michael, actor Eric Stoltz was cast in Back to the Future, and parts of the movie were filmed with him as Marty — but it quickly became obvious Eric wasn't right for the part, and he was basically fired. Here's the full story.
