8 Moments In Back To The Future That Could Have Been VERY Different

8. Jeff Goldblum As Doc Brown

In the original trilogy, Christopher Lloyd's iconic performance as the eccentric Doc Brown creates hilarity throughout the franchise. But he was not always the only choice to play the character.

On a released casting call sheet for the movie, it is Jeff Goldblum who sits at the number one spot as the creators Bob Gale and Zemeckis' first choice. Other famous names in line also include John Cleese, Gene Hackman and Steve Martin who would have all brought their own comedy take on the character.

Goldblum was one of the first to audition whilst the filmmakers waited for a response from Lloyd. However, he was having many doubts about playing the role. After reading the draft, Lloyd contacted his agent that he was not to attend the audition at all and threw the screenplay in to the bin. It was his wife who later retrieved it and persuaded him to take up the part.

How different would the film have been if this had never happened? When time travel is possible, is this a change which we would like to see? Or is Goldblum something to keep in the past?