Fox in a winning performance as Marty McFly. But Fox was not the original McFly. In fact, Eric Stoltz was five weeks into shooting the famed McFly role when director and co-writer Robert Zemeckis made ...

Fox as Marty McFly, concluding that Stoltz wasn't ... So they went with Stoltz. Sadly they said Eric didn't get the comedy so much, and played a more serious Marty." The story continued with ...

The decision to replace lead man Eric Stoltz is well documented, with Michael J. Fox stepping in to play Marty McFly after ...

Initially, Hardin signed a two-picture deal to play Marty McFly's girlfriend. The problem was that her part in the movie hinged on Eric Stoltz, who was ultimately replaced. This change ...

You could argue that this makes the movie a tragedy because Marty comes back to a family he's not familiar with. Crispin Glover, who plays Marty's father, George McFly, had an issue with the ending ...

The enduring Hollywood classic saw Marty McFly inadvertently transported back ... the film's lead wasn't played by Fox, it was Eric Stoltz who spent a month shooting the blockbuster, before ...