Believe it or not: the first movie of the Back To The Future trilogy turns 35 this year.
Our favorite actors from the film have gone through a bunch of personal wins and fails.
Maybe some of the cast members wouldn't mind changing one or two things in their lives
if given the opportunity to travel back in time. But even though the movie predicted
many inventions of the future, we still don't have a legally approved time machine to make
it possible. At least not yet.
So as for now, fasten your belts, subscribe to Rumour Juice Youtube channel and see what
has happened to the Back To The Future cast in these 35 years.
Сhristopher Lloyd You couldn't forget the eccentric scientist
Doc Emmett Brown responsible for the tech side of all the crazy time trips throughout
the Back To The Future trilogy. It might sound surprising now, but initially
Lloyd wasn't even interested in the role of the professor. At the time, Lloyd who was
already well known for his parts in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Taxi, had a feeling
that he was trading theater, his true passion, for Hollywood. So, without giving the script
much of a look, he threw it in a wastepaper basket. But due to the intervention of a friend
and his further meeting with the movie director, Robert Zemeckis, Lloyd totally changed his
mind, which he of course doesn't regret. The actor has steadily continued working in film
and television since then.
You will never guess one of his favorite roles though. In 1991, Christopher joined the cast
of The Addams Family as the creepy clan's bald Uncle Fester. The actor had been in love
with that character since childhood. Lloyd even shaved his head specifically for the
purpose of portraying Uncle Fester in both Addams Family movies. Not because it was obligatory,
but because he decided that doing so would be a more persuasive and dedicated move than
wearing a skullcap.
LLoyd, aged 81, has not only been actively filming all this time, but also having marriages
and divorces non-stop. In 2016, the actor married for the 5th time and we hope this
time he has found his true love!
Cristopher seems to be totally content with his life. But there is one thing Doc definitely
doesn't like about this new future - and it is the presidency of Donald Trump. Commenting
on the politician running for the White House in 2016, Lloyd said:
“He’s a BEAST. He needs to be put in a cage.”
Michael J Fox Fact: Back To The Future was the biggest movie
of 1985. Fact: Marty McFly became the biggest celebrity crush of the year after the film
release. Fact: the movie lead Michael J Fox who was at the time also playing another iconic
character in the famous 80s sitcom Family Ties, immediately got in the limelight. There
was no need to battle for roles anymore. Hardly did he know that several years later he would
face a more complex personal battle: the one for his health and life.
In the prime of his career, madly in love with his wife actress Tracy Pollan, raising
his first child... 29-year-old Michael learns he has Parkinson's disease that usually occurs
in older people. Unable to process that information, Fox fell
into a depression and started drinking heavily, isolating himself from the family.
One day Pollan found her husband, the father of her child, passed out on the floor. “Is
this what you want? Is this what you want to be?”, she exclaimed in anger and walked
out the door. At that point Fox realized he did want the disease to determine the person
he was - the person he wanted to be. The actor started taking care of his health
and getting to know more about his condition. Tracy was there for him all the time. In 1998,
after undergoing a brain surgery to help relieve tremors, Fox went public to reveal his condition,
and it was quite a shock for everyone. "The reason I wasn't telling was that I wondered
if people would still laugh if they knew I was sick," Fox told Oprah Winfrey.
Not only did Fox continue to work after his diagnosis, he became an advocate for Parkinson's
disease awareness and launched his Michael J. Fox Foundation for the condition research.
In 2012 Fox made one of the most courageous comebacks in the history of American showbusiness
by turning his personal battle into a sitcom in which he plays a father who has Parkinson's.
Meanwhile, the happy couple gave birth to three more children and will soon celebrate
34 years of their married life. We are not crying. YOU are crying!
Eric Stolz Who is that?.. You might be wondering! Actually,
it is Eric Stolz who was originally cast as Marty McFly and was set to become a household
name. However, a few weeks into filming, director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale realized
that Eric played the role too dramatically and wasn't bringing the screwball energy the
film needed. They requested the studio to replace him with Fox and got the approval.
But the transition couldn't take place right away - so Stolz continued filming unaware
of the fact his days as Marty McFly were numbered.
After the management finally broke the news to Eric, he expectedly took it hard. But here
is one interesting fact we bet you didn't know: Stolz still remained in one notable
scene of the final movie: it is the one where Stoltz as Marty punches Biff in Lou's Cafe
back in 1955.
Lea Thompson Remember Lorraine, Marty's mom who falls in
love with her son after he travels back in time? This role remains the most famous TV
appearance of now 58-year-old actress Lea Thompson.
She believes that women get very limited opportunities in the industry after giving birth. Thompson,
who is a mother of two adult children, said in her 2019 interview:
"I did 900 movies in a row, but what happens is it all screeches to a halt when you have
a baby. I wanna do the research on this because, once you push a baby out, you can't be a movie
star anymore."
Before getting married in 1989, the actress in her early twenties had been engaged to
Dennis Quaid, whom she met on the set of her first movie, Jaws 3-D. But that's all back
in the future… we mean back in the past!
Thomas F. Wilson As if Marty and Doc were not legendary enough
to stay in the history of cinema for decades, there was yet another iconic character in
the film - bully Biff Tannen portrayed by Thomas F. Wilson! Just several years ago,
writer Bob Gale revealed that Biff was inspired by US President Donald Trump. Yes, Trump was
already a well known figure at that time. Gale said in an interview with Daily Beast:
“We thought about it when we made the movie!.. You watch Part II again and there’s a scene
where Marty confronts Biff in his office and there’s a huge portrait of Biff on the wall
behind Biff, and there’s one moment where Biff kind of stands up and he takes exactly
the same pose as the portrait?”
Wow! How cool is that! Right? As for Wilson, he successfully portrayed his
unbearable character in all the movies of the trilogy, after which he continued his
career as an actor and a voiceover artist. More than that: in 2012, Wilson published
a memoir of his Hollywood experiences titled The Masked Man: A Memoir And Fantasy Of Hollywood.
Wilson is the father of 4 and his marriage with Caroline Thomas turns 35 this year, just
like the movie.
Crispin Glover With his unusual laugh, quiet voice and some
awkwardness in movements, Crispin Glover immediately set himself apart as Marty's dad George McFly.
Even though Crispin didn't return for the movie sequels, he had a productive continuation
of his acting career. And not only. In 2005 he stepped on a new path, releasing his first
experimental indie movie as a director.
James Tolkan Tolkan was already in his fifties when he
was cast as Principal Strickland in Back To The Future. But this is definitely the role
he is remembered by. Tolkan had served in the US Navy for a year
before he started acting. So not surprisingly, he became famous for his portrayal of tough
characters, like dangerous criminals and mean bosses.
Tolkan has not been actively filming in the past decade. And in general, the latest mention
of a movie involving him dates back to 2015. Well, that is quite understandable! The veteran
actor is 88 years old, after all!
Claudia Wells Wells, who landed the role of Marty's girlfriend
Jennifer, gained massive recognition after the movie release - just like every other
member of the cast. However, soon the tragedy hit the family: Claudia's mother was diagnosed
with cancer. The 20-year-old decided to put her career on hold in order to spend more
time with her mom. It is only in 2011, when Wells returned to acting, but her second breakthrough
has never happened. At least not yet.
Bad news for the movie fans, like ourselves: don't expect the fourth part of Back To The
Future. Zemeckis crushed our hopes making it super clear that as long as he and Gale
are alive, the world won't see the movie continuation. He made it crystal clear saying: "There will
never, ever be, in the most absolutely way, a Back to the Future 4."
Even though we also want to have more of Marty and Doc's adventures, we can understand the
film creators: the trilogy was so complete, that it would be hard to come up with yet
another equally brilliant sequel.