Plus, Lloyd originally passed on the chance to play Doc Brown, with a Jurassic Park actor nearly landing the iconic part before Lloyd changed his mind.
And, great Scott! It turns out that Lea Thompson and Fox didn’t exactly have a maternal relationship.
“I remember specifically being really snooty ’cause there was a big division between movie stars and TV stars at that point,” she explained during a 2024 appearance on the Still Here Hollywood podcast, joking, “I remember being like, ‘He’s just a TV star. And I’m a movie star. I was in Jaws 3D.’ So I think it took me a while to warm up to him.”
Eventually, though, “He was so funny and so fun to act with.”
Turns out, if you put your mind to it, you really can accomplish anything. From the stars who were almost cast as Marty and Doc Brown to the actor who sued the studio, here are 30 behind-the-scenes facts you might not know about the beloved Back to the Future trilogy.
