10 Movie Myths You Probably Believed

10. Back To The Future II - Hoverboards Are Not Actually Real

Back when the sequel to Robert Zemeckis' wildly popular Back to the Future feature arrived on the scene in 1989, many a child were quick to jump to the conclusion that the totally rad modes of transport used in the film's iconic hoverboard scene were also totally real. So, it would only be a matter of time before these next level boards would be hitting shelves in toy stores the world over.

Yet, this rumour actually had some rather cheeky origins, as it goes. None other than Zemeckis himself kick-started this tall tale, revealing during the film's behind-the-scenes documentary that "they’ve been around for years". Zemeckis would go on to add that "parents groups have not let the toy manufacturers make them. We got our hands on some, and we put them in the movie."

It's not hard to see why those few fans who took this dead-pan joke as a straight-up fact adamantly kept the hoverboard fire burning for years in the wake of the film's release. Yet, here we are in 2021, and those ultra cool commercial hoverboards still seem like a futuristic pipe dream.