I love Eric but I agree, I don't see him in that role...it wouldn't have worked. It was MJ Fox's density to play Marty McFly.
But it begs the question, how did that work contractually for Mr. Stoltz? I would imagine he did get paid for the five weeks of production and hopefully for any preproduction work that he was involved with...
I love rare footage like this...I'll have to research the 25th Anniversary Edition of the DVD later to see what other gems are on it. Break is up...back to work .
Posted by P a u l (Member # 1022) on :
I wanna see what footage remains of Tom Selleck's screen tests as Indiana Jones.
Or I could just watch High Road To China again, I suppose.....
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
thanks for sharing on your break cindy! that was great to see.
Posted by Secret Admirer (Member # 3574) on :
That was fun to watch. I'm looking forward to the new extras on the upcoming anniversary release.
Don't forget to check your local AMC theaters for BTTF screenings this month!
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Awesome clip cindym! Like straight from some kind of parallel universe... Eric is cool but MJ Fox = Marty.
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Cindy.. If this is the awesome stuff that you can provide on your breaks.. my hope is that you will start posting whenever you get anothet one. Up until now, I had only seen still photos of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly.
I can't imagine anyone else except Michael J. Fox in that role. Glad they worked it all out in the end.
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
Wow....didn't even know about this, let alone see it. One of my all time favs. Hmmmm....that musta been pretty hard on the ego for Stolz, but obviously had to be done....ouchhh!
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
I believe some of the footage had been released before on an uber-limited edition video tin box set thingy. This is making me salivate for the doc on the blu-ray! Keep digging Cindy!
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Cindy.. so awesome that you used 'density' in your description!
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Great link Cindy! love this kind of thing. You know...Michael J. Fox is a brilliant actor and Marty McFly was his iconic role. But Eric Stoltz could've been just as good, of course we'll never know because our history with MJF runs too deep and too long to even consider the possibility that another actor could've made that part his own.
Woah, that's heavy.
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
I just read about this in entertainment weekly yesterday. The funny thing is I never have one picture in my head of what Eric Stoltz looks like. Or in a very back to the future twist... Would he and Lea Thompson in this ruin Some Kind of Wonderful?
We are DEVO
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Nice one, Helen - that's a fantastic link. If you follow through to the Entertainment Weekly site, you'll also get a Pretty In Pink cast reunion video.
Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
These movies seem like yesterday, and yet we have all these 25 year 'reunions' happening. Strange feeling.
Posted by Fightertown (Member # 7418) on :
Seeing the screening of this film this Saturday.
Posted by Lovers with Cassie (Member # 7794) on :
Fascinating footage of what could have been.
You can only speculate as to how it would have turned out.
Thanks for putting it up, Cindy.
Posted by Coop424 (Member # 9205) on :
Hi there, I'm new here. All these great posts really take me back.
It's so strange to see Stoltz in that role. Can't imagine him in it, even after seeing clips.
Loved the interview on Moviehole with MJF & Thompson.
Have you guys seen this video w/Huey Lewis & the News - Power of Love...with Christopher Lloyd? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFaXTcR4dtE Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Welcome to the site Coop424!
Yeah, it´s a familiar video. We have this thread called 80s music videos featuring cast members Check it out, there´s more cool videos mentioned.
Posted by Nick (Member # 404) on :
quote:Originally posted by P a u l: I wanna see what footage remains of Tom Selleck's screen tests as Indiana Jones.
You can see this in the documentary on the extras disc of the Indiana Jones DVD boxset... His test was opposite Karen Allen. Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Hey Coop424 .. thanks for posting that awesome video. I totally missed it on the other thread.
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