November 16th, 2011 by David
Well for those of you who didn’t know Back to the future is now on blue ray and it has footage of the original lead actor Eric Stoltz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7xUW8t5i7c
Now what is it like to film a picture for three weeks with Producer Steven Spielberg only to be told, we’re just not getting the laughs with you. Now you will never be in this movie and go away. It must of been rough and yet as a fan of Back to the Future I can’t imagine anyone else except Michael J. Fox in this film. Think of all the other actors who had to re shoot those three weeks and I am sure a few couldn’t do it again so they were cut out of the film. This trilogy is just a reminder of there’s a reason movies cost so much to make.
As I look at Eric Stoltz’s IMDB i see he still works today, with some TV appearances on hit shows like Grey’s anatomy and made for TV movies and small parts in bigger films, lets face it he’s not hurting for success or cash, but still every time he flips through the TV and sees Back to the Future is on it’s gotta hurt a little.
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November 21st, 2011 at 12:55 pm
He gave an interview about it where he said it just wasn’t right, and he knew, like dating the wrong woman and that it contributed to who he is today. (by the way, he directs GLEE and is fantastic at it).
Overwhelming success is not necessarily a guarantee of happiness in this life- didn’t MJF struggle with alcoholism? One never knows.
I kind of marvel at Stolz’s career- Pulp Fiction and Caprica and now Glee, a very eclectic mix, and yet he still seems to have his head on straight.