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Back to the Future. Thank god they replaced Eric Stoltz with Michael J Fox. The perfectly cast Christopher Lloyd and Fox have great chemistry. With Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and a really great Thomas F Wilson, they nailed it.
Comment by thread100 at 16/01/2025 at 02:05 UTC
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When we watch the trilogy about annually, Thomas Wilson always impressed the hell out of me for all of the versions of his character that he plays. He really is a talented actor.
Comment by jupiterkansas at 16/01/2025 at 03:58 UTC
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Crispin Glover is really the secret sauce. It's written like an Eddie Deezen type but Deezen was too old by then. Crispin played a nerd that was in no way a stereotype or typical or like anyone else. He brought his very unique personality to the role and yet it meshed with the rest of the cast and the tone of the story perfectly.
And Tom Wilson knocked out of the park in the sequel. Best acting in the whole series.
And when I first saw Back to the Future 3 I thought it actually was Eric Stoltz in the old west as Marty's ancestor, but it was just Fox with red hair. They looked so much alike that I thought it was great they found a role for Stoltz.
Comment by -113points at 16/01/2025 at 03:03 UTC
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Thank god they replaced Eric Stoltz with Michael J Fox.
I agree that probably Fox made it a whole different movie, fun, lighthearted, yes
but part of me would want to see a movie that takes itself a bit more seriously.
Specially the sequels, which became mostly a farce
Comment by ItsSoLitRightNow at 16/01/2025 at 13:37 UTC
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Hell yeah. Def agree.
Comment by ERedfieldh at 17/01/2025 at 13:57 UTC
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Here's how great Wilson is. During the scene where Biff is supposed to be molesting and near raping Lorraine in the car, he'd whisper over and over again to Lea Thompson "I'm so sorry, Lea" between takes.
Comment by busy_with_beans at 16/01/2025 at 01:57 UTC
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Martin Mull could have been Doc maybe?