8 Moments In Back To The Future That Could Have Been VERY Different
The first draft would have changed film history forever!
Back To The Future remains one of the most iconic film franchises through history and time itself.
In 1985, Marty McFly travels back in time in a DeLorean Car to 1955 and prevents his Mother and Father from falling in love, slowly erasing his own existence. It is then his goal to return things to normality before it is too late, with the help of his friend mad scientist Doc Brown.
The trilogy was so famous that audiences are still asking for more. The rides were a hit in theme parks across the world and the musical of the movie opened in Manchester earlier this year. But some of these iconic moments within characters and scenes were nearly a lot different from what audiences remember.
Everyone knows Eric Stolz was the original role of the rock star teen but there were many more changes that were made before production that saved the franchise we know and love.
From Shrimp the Chimpanzee instead of Einstein the Dog, and different actors in line to play Doc, here are just 8 moments in the film that could have turned out 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?