It is hard to believe Tom Wilson actually thought he was going to get cut from the movie. He was perfect for this role. I dont think anyone could have played Biff better than he did.
@bowens9456
3 жыл бұрын
You can't say that if nobody played the character lol. So many real bullies can be a bulky character lol
@dgenerated
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, Wilson was fantastic as Biff!..
@mmsiphonevinyls1027
2 жыл бұрын
I know, but i guess of the main five actors he was the least experienced/established in 1985, so i can understand why he’d think that at the time.
@peanutbutterisfu
2 жыл бұрын
@@bowens9456 yeah you can’t say nobody could have done it but he did fit the role perfectly.
@robertpitchardo376
2 жыл бұрын
Even though Thomas Wilson wasn't cut from the movie, he was still mad at Bob Zemekis for stealing his line telling Eric Stoltz to make like a tree and get out of here (or leave).
@sb6482
4 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilson is the backbone of this trilogy - i think he plays 7 different characters. Five versions of Biff (1955 Biff, cocky 1985 Biff who knocks George on the head, Meek 1985 Biff who is cleaning the car at the end of BTTF1, rich 1985 Biff, and old Biff from 2015) and then Griff and Mad Dog as well.
@jwheeler1106
Жыл бұрын
Not to mention he did the voice of Biff in the cartoon as well.
@infiltrat0rn720
Жыл бұрын
He voiced Biff's grandma in BTTF2 as well!
@jwheeler1106
Жыл бұрын
@@infiltrat0rn720 That I did not know!
@mrcritical6751
Жыл бұрын
And voiced four different Biff’s in Back To The Future The Game as well meek Biff, gangster Biff, mind controlled Biff and a version of Biff with a different grandmother
@ElBloeTigre
Жыл бұрын
@@infiltrat0rn720 😂
@XieTianXieDi888
4 жыл бұрын
When Biff turns out to be the nicest guy ever and Marty is the real villain...
@victorreznov8038
3 жыл бұрын
Marty basically ruins Biff's life in 1955
@jpbart1390
3 жыл бұрын
ironically, fox & wilson are friends.
@MarySmith-lv3mo
3 жыл бұрын
@@jpbart1390 To be fair, he wasn't saying that Fox's Marty was the Villain, he was saying that Stoltz's Marty was the Villain. ;)
@jpbart1390
3 жыл бұрын
@@MarySmith-lv3mo i honestly never thought of that. if tom cruise played marty on the other hand... but tom's a villainous scientologist, anyway. i bet tom makes foxy feel tall, though. :P
@pacboy24
2 жыл бұрын
usually the “heros” in movies a re real azholes! and the villains are the nicest people ever! 🤣
@BoundInChains
7 жыл бұрын
Fox was born to play Marty.
@GisherJohn24
6 жыл бұрын
sounds like they got a lot of film, would love a Stoltz cut similar to what they did with Superman 2 and the donner cut? Thoughts???
@TheThrillPhill
6 жыл бұрын
Jesus vo bbl B.B.by
@ZoidbergForPresident
5 жыл бұрын
@dave4248 I dunno if your argument stands, Hugh Jackman is 1,88m tall, and still he played Wolverine. You can do a lot with cameras. :P
@NITE_SHIFTING
4 жыл бұрын
400
@nighthawk0077
4 жыл бұрын
@@GisherJohn24 Personally I'm not really into seeing BTTF with an inferior actor that did a poor job and got fired because of it.
@mikecondos1672
7 жыл бұрын
i grew up in the 80's and everyone hated Biff because he was a big bully. But Tom is a great actor and I 'm glad he wasn't fired
@bonovox103
6 жыл бұрын
Mike Condos I mean you are supposed to hate him, he's the antagonist of the film.
@SonicSP
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, dispacable character but nice actor.
@yellowblanka6058
6 жыл бұрын
But, as is usually the case, he's a great guy in real life, and used experiences being bullied in portraying the character.
@muppetallica
6 жыл бұрын
The sign of good actors, if they can convincingly play a total jerk, when they're actually not. It's probably only human nature to dislike them, though, until you see or hear them in an interview.
@aaronpollard7207
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah he's the nicest, most down to earth guy. Total opposite of Biff!
@jodavey
7 жыл бұрын
Make like a tree and get out of here
@sibylsaint
7 жыл бұрын
It's make like a tree and leave! You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong!!! You butthead.
@BitcoinMotorist
7 жыл бұрын
How did Tom not say that to himself while he was driving in to be "fired"?
@caesar349
6 жыл бұрын
That’s about as funny as a screen door on a battleship
@andrevrd
6 жыл бұрын
I still say this line but people don't always pick up on it.
@muppetallica
6 жыл бұрын
Andre Vrdoljak Clearly +Heavy Metal Rules didn't pick up on it, either. Maybe he never saw Back to the Future.
@bjv93
3 жыл бұрын
It's so funny in retrospect hearing how worried Tom was about getting fired. Not only did he have one of the strongest performances in the film, but he's gone down as arguably one of the greatest movie villains of all time.
@thetribalist6923
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t say arguable. He’s ONE of the greatest villains in movie history.
@rho008
Жыл бұрын
Now we know that Eric Stoltz is actually one of the biggest villain behind the scenes in Back to the Future.
@jonathanshapiro4169
Жыл бұрын
Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy similarly thought they were being let go from WarGames when Martin Brest was replaced by John Badham (an issue that it still very contentious and difficult to discuss by all participants)
@DanielAppleton-lr9eq
Жыл бұрын
@@thetribalist6923 " Villain " is a tad strong. Maybe " antagonist " - slightly less harsh. Just like Maj. Frank Burns from MASH. Not a villain, but an antagonist who acts like a dimwit AND a punching bag.
@thetribalist6923
Жыл бұрын
@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq he was going to rape Marty McFly’s mom. That’s a pretty strong villain in my opinion. I get what you mean though. If he were just a bully, I think your description would be more apt. Don’t forget another timeline when he murders George, and if we’re including every character that Tom played, then he also murdered Marty’s other family members in the old west, and would have murdered Doc.
@soylentteal
4 жыл бұрын
Bob Gale: "Eric, you are terminated! Read my fax!" Eric Stoltz: "No! Please! No! I cannot be fired! I'm fired! Oh, this is heavy!""
@MarySmith-lv3mo
3 жыл бұрын
LMAO! I love BTTF References! :D
@rayeaton5312
2 жыл бұрын
Well done. Hilarious.
@jdaalmgren
2 жыл бұрын
There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?
@jdaalmgren
2 жыл бұрын
There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?
@edwardsarinana1997
3 ай бұрын
Lol 😂 Hahahahahahahahahahaaha! LMAOOOO 😂
@ComputerLearning0
7 жыл бұрын
Highly underrated actor.
@dametime128
5 жыл бұрын
Thomas F. Wilson was cast as Biff Tannen because the producers felt that the original choice, J. J. Cohen, wasn't physically imposing enough to bully Stoltz. Cohen was recast as Skinhead, one of Biff's cohorts. Had Fox been cast from the beginning, Cohen probably would have won the part because he was sufficiently taller than Fox.
@deletedleaf2688
5 жыл бұрын
Dametime interesting trivia, thanks! 👍
@deletedleaf2688
5 жыл бұрын
You’re right, he was so great in freaks and geeks too
@VenusHeadTrap2
4 жыл бұрын
Explain underrated
@ComputerLearning0
4 жыл бұрын
@@VenusHeadTrap2 A simple Google search would "explain" precisely what I'm talking about. It's an extremely common phrase and I find it very hard to believe you don't know its meaning.
@davidr1620
7 жыл бұрын
I'd probably like to meet Tom Wilson more than any person from the cast. Not only is he hilarious, but seems like a normal dude.
@benjaminapeterson
7 жыл бұрын
David R everyone always said he was the nicest down to earth guy you will ever meet
@seriouslypeople5860
7 жыл бұрын
I bet he hates calling people butthead.
@nimblehealer199
7 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilson said in a behind the scenes featurette that he is not a Macho Guy
@nimblehealer199
7 жыл бұрын
For back to the future 3
@Garrett1974
7 жыл бұрын
He's apparently an incredibly nice guy, the total opposite of Biff :)
@NevrSilent
6 жыл бұрын
Every time I've heard this guy interview on the trilogy...this guy is a born storyteller. A veritable raconteur.
@eolsunder
Жыл бұрын
and a amazing entertainer and comedian.
@stanknugget
11 ай бұрын
Talk about airing your dirty laundry…
@jasras5003
11 ай бұрын
@@stanknugget Gasp, are you airing your dirty laundry that you don't like Tom airing his dirty laundry? What's the scoop? You just aired your dirty laundry on a much smaller scale for the entire internet to see. OOOoooo.
@DanielAppleton-lr9eq
10 ай бұрын
@@stanknugget One word : CATHARSIS.
@WhoisyourProvider
10 ай бұрын
He was funny in "the heat". Not too big of a role but it was good
@moonlily1
6 жыл бұрын
Marty McFly is not the kind of character that requires that kind of immersion.
@MisterWhat
6 жыл бұрын
That`s the sort of thing that is arguable, depending on who sees it, I guess.
@iambiggus
5 жыл бұрын
From what it sounds like, he immersed himself in a dramatic role when everybody wanted a light hearted, comedic role. Seems he showed up on set determined to play a type of character and wasn’t going to break from that. Getting fired is going to happen if you can’t be flexible.
@incognoscente
4 жыл бұрын
@@iambiggus Eric mentioned in 1994 (for the L.A. Times) that he could have played the part as required had Zemeckis given him the heads up that he was acting in a comedy as opposed to an adventure with the occasional funny line.
@spider-keithasmr38
4 жыл бұрын
@@incognoscente That's just Eric making up excuses for falling short on what should be his responsibility as an actor.
@incognoscente
4 жыл бұрын
@@spider-keithasmr38 I thought about that but a woman who worked for Amblin had posted a believable comment on the Hollywood Reporter site ten years ago. She claimed that Spielberg told Zemeckis to not give Eric any direction so that the studio's higher ups would be convinced that he was miscast when they saw a rough cut. I believe her because one of the things that she had said had foreshadowed something that was written in the 2015 visual history book. She claimed that the reason why they didn't fire Eric straight away was because so much money would have been spent a month later that it would be difficult for the studio to cancel the entire project.
@zaryalace7475
4 жыл бұрын
"Live by the method. Die by the method." Words of wisdom from Biff.
@rodbirch5876
10 ай бұрын
Dude is sharp and funny!
@itsjustme8554
10 ай бұрын
Well, it's a better line than "Make like a tree and beat it"
@UriBlack
3 ай бұрын
The biff came out of him aka Method 😂😂
@jamiewhiting267
4 жыл бұрын
It's too bad we don't see Thomas F.Wilson in more movies. He is a great actor.
@Unqualifiedmedicalperson
2 жыл бұрын
He’s actually done a lot of voice acting over the years
@nathanlukeson9244
2 жыл бұрын
He was in Larry the Cable Guy health inspector and the heat.
@mrcritical6751
Жыл бұрын
@@Unqualifiedmedicalperson he’s great as a voice actor
@beatlefan713
Жыл бұрын
He does tons of voice acting. One of which I know for sure is a few characters in SpongeBob one of them being the Strangler that SpongeBob mistakes for his bodyguard 😂
@TheGoodReverendSatan
Жыл бұрын
He's a great musician as well and may be on tour currently.. Check him out if you can
@arvydussibonus1712
7 жыл бұрын
What's great about Wilson, is when he says "look, this is a movie." Some of these method guys need to get a grip.
@Robil63
5 жыл бұрын
Yes get a grip, not a gaff.. who's in charge of gaffes.
@christinamitchell6796
4 жыл бұрын
Amen to that, he had me cracking up at the same time too but he's right.😃
@incognoscente
4 жыл бұрын
Tom Cruise was just as bad during the making of Top Gun. Someone on Yahoo had typed the following in a comment section: "I was on the USS Enterprise when Top Gun was filmed. Word quickly got around (as it does on every US Naval ship) that Cruise was a snob. He flat out refused to speak to any of the enlisted men; he would only be addressed by officers. " "Accordingly, he refused to eat with the enlisted men on the mess deck. He would only eat with the officers in the Ward Room. Fair enough. One day a Warrant Officer (a commissioned officer who came up through the ranks as an enlisted man) walked in and saw Cruise eating there wearing a tank top. He promptly told him to get the ---- out. "I don't want to eat my dinner staring at your armpits." Cruise got up and left."
@makeitsonumberone1358
4 жыл бұрын
jim carrey was sutch a twat Making Man on the moon.
@incognoscente
4 жыл бұрын
@@makeitsonumberone1358 Definitely. I came across an interview with Eric where he was talking about a film called The Waterdance. He said: "I was sixteen and a friend was injured in a car accident and I'm afraid I may have reacted poorly to his new condition. But, after meeting many of the patients at the hospital where we filmed the movie, and of course after playing the part, I feel no discomfort about approaching and talking with a person in a wheelchair."
@simonpreston
4 жыл бұрын
The chemistry of Lloyd and Fox was brilliant, but the performances from Wilson really top off a great trilogy. Plus he's the only one who really has to play very differing parts, - with young Biff, Old Biff, 80s Biff, alternate 80s Biff, Griff and Beaufort Tannen - and he does it superbly, with the right amount of ham for a cartoon bad guy.
@jenniferhanses
11 ай бұрын
If you ever hear him talk about it, he was having the time of his life, especially on 3. He got to pal around with a lot of really classic character actors, and learn skills from veteran Hollywood trainers, and apparently he was just lapping everything up.
@funguy8801
10 ай бұрын
Well, Michael J Fox also plays his own daughter and son as well as his older self in part 2 and something like his great, great grandfather in part 3.
@danielclark241
6 жыл бұрын
Funny how Thomas and Michael J. Fox, when they really did reach their late 40s, actually looked much younger than they were made to look in the 2nd movie.
@robinmcinarnay7827
3 жыл бұрын
Dude all of those movies made ppl look hella old! Helen Hunt looks old in Mad About You vs Pay it Forward 20 yrs later where she is hot! Sandra Bullock in Speed then The Proposal. There's countless examples. The 80's. Am I right!?! Lol
@CarissaConti
3 жыл бұрын
Any movies that do the "aging the characters" thing go ridiculously overboard with the bad wrinkles makeup job. They don't even look like themselves in the fake aged makeup. They make an "aged 40-something" look like they're 78. In reality many people age pretty decently and definitely still look like themselves 20 years later.
@CarissaConti
7 жыл бұрын
"....Everybody call me Marty, except Leah who's playing my mom who I'm trying to make out with off camera...." Well, Eric got his wish two years later in "Some Kind of Wonderful."
@muppetallica
6 жыл бұрын
Carissa Conti 🤣 Classic.
@WoodysAR
4 жыл бұрын
OOOOHHHHN! Girl,. You good!!! Very impressive. ;) love that movie,. Serious Stoltz, worked for that script!
@alanrothsman1751
4 жыл бұрын
Twist is that Michael J Fox actually went back in time and did some stuff to make the producers get rid of eric and hire him. True story.
@TheHalloweenKing
3 жыл бұрын
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
@above-us-only-sky
Жыл бұрын
Tom Wilson is by far and away the most valuable player in the entire trilogy. These movies should have launched him into superstardom
@eolsunder
Жыл бұрын
i agree he was amazing in the movies. I would say the 3rd main character of course next to Marty and Doc Tom was the 3rd of the big trio.
@leftofpunk
11 ай бұрын
He's got a full actor's reel just from this trilogy of all sorts of different characters. It's a crime he wasn't bigger.
@slightlysnaked3725
11 ай бұрын
Eh. I like Tom Wilson, but anytime I ever see him in a tv show or movie I just see Biff.
@chrisbirch4150
10 ай бұрын
I think what is mad about Tom Wilson in the trilogy is he really squeezes something fresh out of every version of Biff. The iconic one for the BTTF1 is a meathead but you can tell he is an insecure bully. Then for BTTF2 in the alternative reality , you can tell he is way more confident in who he is because of the wealth. The old version in BTTF2 has a bitter edge that he plays perfectly (The film also did a great job with his size on camera with this one, because you can barely believe it's the same actor's body). Mad Dog from 3 obviously plays a bit with an accent and has a criminal/murderous edge, then Gryff from 2 is way more psychotic. It would have been so easy for Wilson to phone it in with the smaller parts but he didn't, he threw everything into the roles.
@navyvet05
Ай бұрын
lol, it’s not titanic. It was a good movie but certainly not superstardom worthy for a character like biff.
@mmsiphonevinyls1027
5 жыл бұрын
“Live by the method, die by the method” 😂
@Joekidd1961
4 жыл бұрын
Talking about how Stoltz kept jamming his heels into his collarbone got me to thinking about Burt Reynolds talking about "The Longest Yard". He said during the scenes where they were actually playing football and tackling, Ray Nitschke, long time great LB for the Green Bay Packers, kept just hitting him like he was in a real game and trying to take him out.... So he said to him, "Hey, Ray, take it easy, it's just a movie." And he said Ray Nitschke looked at him, didn't even crack a grin, and said, "Not to me, Candyass."
@eeeddddddiiieee
4 жыл бұрын
That part came out great with MJF I believed it and Tom didn’t complain about that so Eric must have really been way over the line.
@jonoessex
7 жыл бұрын
It'd be interesting to watch the Stoltz version.
@someonezmom
6 жыл бұрын
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@chadhero37
6 жыл бұрын
It would be cool to see if they did the post shot effects, but I'm sure it doesn't have a score and edits behind it.
@freddybeer
6 жыл бұрын
It'd be painful. It was the wrong TONE.
@christenn32
6 жыл бұрын
freddybeer I'm not denying it, but how do we know?
@freddybeer
6 жыл бұрын
Well, tone is all important to a film. There's a whimsical nature to the BTTF trilogy. Stoltz was approaching it almost too sombre, too serious. His comedic timing wasn't as charming or as natural as Fox's. It is hard for me to personally see Stoltz in the three movies we have today.
@JudyGurl
6 жыл бұрын
Let's face it. If they hadn't brought in MJF, nobody would even remember BTTF and there sure wouldn't have been a part 2 or 3.
@MisterWhat
6 жыл бұрын
It`s possible, I just think the way Stoltz was fired as soon they needed a bigger budget and reshooting and able to get Fox was sleazy. Then again, he got responsability too.
@MisterBinx
4 жыл бұрын
People would remember it but it wouldn't be a classic.
@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421
4 жыл бұрын
Eric is a great actor but he's not the right Marty
@ChrisHonowayOFFICIAL
4 жыл бұрын
@magnetothewhite so do I, him and Johnny Depp. But Fox was the right guy and nobody could come close.
@MPT1983
4 жыл бұрын
@Dream Theory Exactly, nobody wants to work with a duck.
@banfasso3109
7 жыл бұрын
This might be the first time I've ever heard a little bit of Biff come out of Tom in one of his interviews :P
@chauncyfill-ups7613
6 жыл бұрын
Ban Fasso probably because he hates when fans ask him to do it
@dan_hitchman007
3 жыл бұрын
There's a little bit of Biff in all of us.
@Magnums_Chronicles
4 жыл бұрын
I worked with him 2 years ago on an episode of LEGENDS OF TOMORROW. He looked familiar, but obviously older. Once I heard his voice I realized he played BIFF on BACK TO THE FUTURE. Great guy on set.
@RobinHood3000
10 ай бұрын
I loved seeing him on Legends, it seemed a natural fit given the writers' love for BTTF ❤
@aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa
5 жыл бұрын
Release the whole of Eric Stoltz' cut and deepfake the rest.
@margaretharold5226
4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Gold they said in a documentary that the would eventually release Eric stoltz scenes someday he didn’t say when but I think they will release it on either July 3rd 2025 or July 3rd 2035
@MilesAway
4 жыл бұрын
@@margaretharold5226 I think they said that as a joke
@NitpickingNerd
4 жыл бұрын
It was the original timeline before Marty became his own dad
@Fan_Made_Videos
4 жыл бұрын
That would actually be illegal for various copyright and contractual binding reasons.
@DeathBYDesign666
4 жыл бұрын
Deepfake it as an Eric stoltz mask version of Marty. That might be legitimately hilarious.
@sbklvr
6 жыл бұрын
We're gonna method this thing out in the parking lot.....classic..lol
@MGSBigBoss77
6 жыл бұрын
Ironically Eric got his piece of Thomas F Wilson in the diner scene and school cafeteria, but Tom sadly didn't get his piece of Eric Stoltz afterwards, lol. No wonder he chews him out here so badly!
@MisterWhat
6 жыл бұрын
I never liked the whole Producers/Stoltz issue (I think the producers are wankers, mostly) but if there is someone with a credible beef is Tom here. Fair game.
@incognoscente
5 жыл бұрын
@@MisterWhat To be fair, Eric was hard on Tom because Tom got a bit too rough with Crispin during the audition stage. Eric and Crispin were already friends since they had attended the same drama class (they even acted in an aspirin commercial where they played brothers).
@pauldeveaux1517
Жыл бұрын
Funny to see the all comments defending Eric Stoltz. Me? I’m going to trust the words of Tom Wilson (since he was actually there).
@ronniepooch
7 жыл бұрын
to me... thomas Wilson's Biff was the absolute best part of the Back to the Future trilogy for me.
@wchomes106
7 жыл бұрын
absolutely
@randomduck8679
6 жыл бұрын
MrPixelptlk if you really think that then make like a tree and get out of here
@xjcrossx
6 жыл бұрын
Butthead. He was awesome. And he is such a nice guy in real life which makes it even better
@SonicSP
6 жыл бұрын
MrPixelptlk He was extremely hateful - but that contributes to the movie.
@TheJohnCooper
6 жыл бұрын
MrPixelptlk apart from Marty
@CartoonManWhoo
6 жыл бұрын
Thomas F. Wilson has always been great. Very professional, courteous and a decent actor.
@christinamitchell6796
4 жыл бұрын
He's so entertaining to listen to, I can picture everything he's saying.
@bluecollarmenproductions
4 жыл бұрын
It’s funny when the person playing the protagonist is actually the bully
@carlosr1176
4 жыл бұрын
Hands down the best actor in the entire trilogy. Every version of the antagonist he plays is believable and unique. It never gets old watching any of his roles in BTTF.
@patrickarnold237
2 ай бұрын
@@coolnamebroimo I always hated Crispin Glover in BTTF. Just the way he acts in the movie is so cringe and unbelievable. I know that is kinda how the character is suppose to be. But it always distracted me while watching.
@Xentradi97
6 жыл бұрын
That’s too bad for Eric. I liked him as an actor and he had a star potential. But just like many stars, he was too young and took himself way too seriously.
@richtifilmpalast5373
4 жыл бұрын
Well... contrary to Wilson at least Stoltz had somewhat of a good career. And seeing how Wilson is publicy badmouthing a colleague decades later I'm glad it went that way for those two.
@amazinmets8439
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah Mr. Wilson's career went just fine. Always had steady work. You don't have to be an A-lister to be a successful actor. Eric was a dick. What was Tom supposed to do, lie?
@kkibela
4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed erics work but he just didn't have the physical comedy as a foil Michael had. The whole film spun on the axis of this character who was reacting to the serious way the crazy stuff was being revealed to him.. The movie needed that..
@richtifilmpalast5373
4 жыл бұрын
@@kkibela There's absolutely no way the movie would have been so good and entertaining with Stoltz instead of Fox - nobody in his right mind would claim that. But I just hate when a D lister like Wilson is slandering colleagues - nonetheless a way better artist - years later. Wilson has simply no class.
@KJ_SC
3 жыл бұрын
@@richtifilmpalast5373 The Biff character as played by a "D lister like Wilson" was better and more memorable than anything Stoltz ever played, including Rocky Dennis.
@MTRAdmiralty
4 жыл бұрын
And Billy Zane was one of his Biff's minions!
@nthgth
4 жыл бұрын
@77Wells yup, just as was stated
@SpikeShooter92
4 жыл бұрын
"Now son we can do this the easy way or the hard way" *BONK* "The easy way"
@TheJosep70
4 жыл бұрын
And Elijah Wood and Pink were at the 80's cafe in BTTF2.
@joemckim1183
7 жыл бұрын
Thomas was great on Freaks and Geeks as the gym teacher.
@TheScypoise
6 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed him in Zoey 101 as the gym teacher...and in all of his spongebob performances
@ziggybammurphy191
6 жыл бұрын
Freaks and Geeks was on the year i graduated (2000) and its such an underrated show....so many known actors in that show.....it shouldnt have been cancelled after one season...all 18 episodes are great....
@muppetallica
6 жыл бұрын
Freaks and Geeks was awesome. I could totally relate to Lindsay. I felt like they based her character on my junior high years. I had no idea Tom was the gym teacher. Now I'll have to try and catch an episode somewhere. I just can't see it, but it's been a long time since I've watched any episodes. Edit: You're right. Just watched this clip about 'The Prank Call'. It's comedy gold. kzitem.info/news/bejne/mJV-sGptioujnYY
@thevoid99
6 жыл бұрын
he was great in that. it was an unexpected role for him as i thought he was going to play another asshole but it turned out he's playing a real nice and sympathetic guy.
@antourte1
5 жыл бұрын
He's fantastic. One of the most memorable parts of the series was him trying desperately to connect with Martin Starr.
@foxmulder4653
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Mcfly, I thought I told you never to come in here.
@williamshaw9047
6 жыл бұрын
I get your car towed all the way to your house and all you've got for me is a LIGHT beer?
@alexpollock6932
6 жыл бұрын
You Irish Bug
@darthXreven
6 жыл бұрын
what are you looking at butthead? eh, say hi to your mom for me....
@lidaaletap2646
6 жыл бұрын
Well it's gonna cost you, how much money you got on you?
@gabriel198pr
4 жыл бұрын
We’ll How Much Do You Want, Biff?
@Etaukan
3 жыл бұрын
He has obviously told that story a thousand times (literally), but he does tell it very well. An engaging and entertaining man.
@Robil63
5 жыл бұрын
Shame Tom didn't get to "totally method out" on Stoltz.
@nicosmind3
6 жыл бұрын
"Live by the method, die by the method" Lol
@marcelo78
6 жыл бұрын
"Oh, Eric is fired. Now, what is the bad news?"
@j_m_b_1914
3 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilson sounds like the kind of guy that would be first on your list to go grab some beers with on a Sunday afternoon.
@zebracherub
2 жыл бұрын
Man I’d just love to have a beer with Tom Wilson, he seems just cool and a friendly dude with great stories. Incredible acting as well. Not only did his characters have the largest time span, from 1885 to 2015, his characters also range from a high schooler to an old man, and everything in between.
@SENATORPAIN1
11 ай бұрын
Just make sure you have something other than light beer.
@DanielAppleton-lr9eq
10 ай бұрын
@@SENATORPAIN1 LIGHT BEER. I know some Canadians, & I can feel their utter distaste at the thought. Mostly around Ontario.
@iamalive.1255
6 жыл бұрын
Eric Stoltz is a wonderful actor. This just wasn't the right part for him.
@animefan6990
6 жыл бұрын
I am alive. Sounds like he was a bit of a knob to be honest.
@iamalive.1255
6 жыл бұрын
Randall P McMurphy maybe so but a lot great actors could be as well.
@iamalive.1255
6 жыл бұрын
Randall P McMurphy I agree.
@1SqueakyWheel
4 жыл бұрын
Anime Fan69 He was also young, relatively immature, and inexperienced with such Hollywood formulas. He was meeting an ideal without regard to intensity or scope.
@zakofrx
4 жыл бұрын
@Jkd Buck76 I could see Tom do it.. Tom has the same comedy and lovable smile(better laugh) and he is more masculine.. This would have been around the time of Magnum were men wanted to be him and women wanted him..
@briannoram5677
4 ай бұрын
Tom Wilson: “Why don’t you make like a tree. And get out of here.” Eric Stoltz: Makes like a tree and leaves.
@frunk6006
7 жыл бұрын
Method acting in a comedy?
@joycegibbs5267
7 жыл бұрын
probably why they got rid of him?
@frunk6006
7 жыл бұрын
Joyce Gibbs id still love to see all the footage of Stoltz.
@phillytheflyerable
5 жыл бұрын
wonder, did he not audition at all?
@tattoochef425
5 жыл бұрын
Lilla Sked he did, but originally they wanted MJF, but couldn’t get him. With how long this movie took to get made (from original script and shopping the movie for many years, all the re-writes etc) Erik was probably the best of the rest.
@CatsClaw44
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah....that's not going to work Eric....
@Number4lead
Жыл бұрын
Wilsons and Glovers chemistry was perfect. Those scenes of them together were hillarious.
@nthgth
4 жыл бұрын
"the Rubik's cube in my brain" 🤣 haha thank you Tom, in addition to your fantastic and irreplaceable performances in BttF
@nickangelo116
7 жыл бұрын
Im starting to think that method acting is more of a disruptive nuisance than it is a good thing. Kind of sounds like an excuse for actors to exercise selfish, anti-social diva behavior. When people don't get along onset or in ANY aspect of life, it is a recipe for disaster. Fact. Great video and story though. It's amazing this movie is still so popular today. I was glued to every juicy detail of this story. Good shit
@incognoscente
4 жыл бұрын
Method acting can sometimes work. When Francis Ford Coppola started shooting The Outsiders, he put all the actors who played Greasers in a cheap hotel in the bad part of town. He put all the Soches in a luxury hotel. Then he told them to brag about it to the Greasers. It created a lot of friction on the set so, by the time they filmed the rumble, the Greasers really did hate the Soches.
@Quibblet
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, if I was an actress, I wouldn't do as much method acting. I would really have to use studying every day off set and my memory full capacity instead.
@PoohbearPlus
4 жыл бұрын
If want to look at those who hated method acting look no further than Alfred Hitchcock who absolutely hated it. One time a method actress tried it on him. He told her to got to the window. She wanted to know what her motivation was to do it because she was "in character". Hitchcock said "Your paycheck and your further employment with me". The actress then did what she was told.
@GentlemanAmerican
4 жыл бұрын
There is a place for method acting, but they are hired to play a role. It's the director's job to oversee the flow of the movie. It is good if the directors let the actors improvise, but it is disruptive to everyone else if an actor is not cooperative.
@Autobot032
4 жыл бұрын
Method acting isn't acting, not to me. If you have to "live" your role, are you really acting? It's not normal to be another person, for real, for weeks and possibly months. A real actor/actress can switch it on and off and go do their job. Olivier called out Hoffman on it... (and I'm paraphrasing, not word for word) "My dear boy, why don't you just try acting?" And it's a good point. Much like what Stolz did here with Tom, Hoffman verbally and physically assaulted Meryl Streep by going method. He was already in the mindset, but his wife was divorcing him for real, and he used it. That's how insane it is. She still, to this day, won't acknowledge his existence. And why should she? Screw him and method actors. It's not a performance, it's an outlet for awful.
@VinceDubbed
4 жыл бұрын
"Since when did you become the physical type?" My favorite Tom Wilson line in BTTF2
@deletedleaf2688
5 жыл бұрын
I could listen to Tom talking about his career all day long 🙋🏻♀️💕
@Thejimnes
4 жыл бұрын
I met stoltz in Dublin Ireland circa 1997-8 it was lunch time and we were both eating - i looked over and said your a good actor - he replied - “I know” Needless to say my eyes rolled
@poluticon
2 жыл бұрын
ok that story is actually pretty funny
@Yeomannn
2 жыл бұрын
he's a very arrogant pereon supposedly
@archstanton3430
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe he was just "taking the piss". When in Ireland, right?
@tiago2189
2 жыл бұрын
Did he said that in a ironically voice?
@Leathal
Жыл бұрын
And then he made out with you like Han Solo
@Vikashar
4 жыл бұрын
Now I kinda wish they hadn't fired Stoltz so Tom could get his revenge
@Strikerage
7 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilson is hilarious. Super insightful.
@BuckHunter103
Жыл бұрын
The producers refusing to tell him if he still has the job over the phone has got to be one of the most stressful feelings ever
@aranbuzzas8000
Жыл бұрын
It sounds like they probably had other things on their mind....
@EQOAnostalgia
11 ай бұрын
god complex.
@THOMMGB
4 жыл бұрын
I really liked this interview. It was an honest, no holds barred, frank discussion of what was going on from Tom's point of view and what he observed on and off the set.
@BookshelfQBattler
5 ай бұрын
For years I always wondered if Stoltz was unnecessarily thrown under the bus because Michael J Fox was just a more popular actor at the time because of Family Times but no, it sounds like he just didn't get the project and took it too seriously. He's a great actor and my favorite scene of his is in Pulp Fiction, but he's a serious actor best suited for serious movies. MJF knew how to flip back and forth from comedy to drama, having tugged on our heart strings in Family Ties, being a lovable goofy brother one minute then going through teenage angst the next.
@leftymcnally6913
6 жыл бұрын
My GF and I went on our first date to see Tom at a comedy club called The Funny Bone in Hartford, CT. Great show, and we met him afterwords, great guy as well
@craigusselman546
6 жыл бұрын
crispin and stoltz plenty of weirdness there.
@vandall1981
3 жыл бұрын
His performances in the trilogy was phenomenal. What a great human being too. I would say Darth Vader and Biff Tannen are the two best villains of all time. Hands down.
@Smokey2Mc
Жыл бұрын
Hans Grubur says no.
@werideatdusk
11 ай бұрын
Hannibal Lecter says Wall Hallo
@joepermenter7228
11 ай бұрын
Shooter McGavin eats pieces of shit like you for breakfast.
@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973
10 ай бұрын
Spoken like a person who never watched a movie made before 1980
@joepermenter7228
10 ай бұрын
@@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973 Fredo Corleone? Sport from Taxi Driver? Citizen Kane? Who? Plus Vader first appeared in 1977.
@alpenglow4243
10 ай бұрын
Stoltz is a fine actor, but just wasn’t right for the part. I’m surprised they went six weeks with him.
@dametime128
5 жыл бұрын
Thomas F. Wilson was cast as Biff Tannen because the producers felt that the original choice, J. J. Cohen, wasn't physically imposing enough to bully Stoltz. Cohen was recast as Skinhead, one of Biff's cohorts. Had Fox been cast from the beginning, Cohen probably would have won the part because he was sufficiently taller than Fox.
@Ease54
Жыл бұрын
Cohen should have a beer with Pete Best sometime.
@poolboyinla
Жыл бұрын
The finals two actors that were considered were Tom Wilson and Dolph Lundgren. Tom got Biff and Dolph ended up getting the part of Drago.
@CrystalblueMage
6 жыл бұрын
If he constantly is playing it wrong and is allowed to do so it is also a director fail
@muppetallica
6 жыл бұрын
CrystalblueMage Agreed.
@bubbles88sudss
4 жыл бұрын
Apparently they purposely didn’t give him any direction so that they could show the execs how crappy he was and get who they really wanted. Kinda fucked up.
@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747
4 жыл бұрын
@@bubbles88sudss From what I've read and heard of the matter is that Zemeckis and the producers always wanted MJF for the role (which is fine) but couldn't get him out of his commitment with the show Family Ties, so they hired Stoltz as a replacement just so the production wasn't shot off by the studio (which isn't bad per se, but they coul've told Stoltz beforehand). All in all is an undesrstandable decision but the execution is questionable as so are other things that Zemeckis has done.
@jeffreyroedel9804
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Huge fail. This is the kind of thing you fix after 3 or 4 days of shooting and a long conversation with the actor to switch gears. It's not something you let drag on for 4-5 weeks, wasting everyone's time. Zemekis really fumbled the whole thing, and he got really lucky that Spielberg pulled strings with the studio for more money AND that Fox was then available. It all could have blown up just as easily.
@rnichol22
4 жыл бұрын
@@bubbles88sudss if you say so
@robertaviles8451
3 жыл бұрын
From the sound of it, Eric Stoltz was a BUTTHEAD ! (had to say it 😂)
@morphuk1
4 жыл бұрын
Probably the most amusing "behind the scenes" storys I've ever heard!
@rvmt81
7 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilson is awesome
@cesarbaca
7 жыл бұрын
Make like a leaf and get outta here!
@markbrinton6790
7 жыл бұрын
Cesar Luis Baca it's make like a tree.....
@TheScypoise
7 жыл бұрын
Michael Jackson Alright than leave! And take your book with you
@Titan13335
6 жыл бұрын
It's LEAVE. Make like a tree and LEAVE, You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong!
@osamabad3597
6 жыл бұрын
mark brinton It's make like a leaf, and jump off a tree.
@muppetallica
6 жыл бұрын
osamabad 🤣 Leaf like lettuce and get outta the salad.
@GentlemanAmerican
4 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilson was great as Biff. I can't imagine anyone else but Michael J Fox as Marty McFly. Eric Stoltz was very good in "Mask," but he was miscast in "Back To The Future."
@darrinmagnus1
6 жыл бұрын
Ok, I'm gonna say what I know what everyone else is thinking here. I want to see the Back to the Future movie that they made with Eric Stoltz in it. No, I'm not saying that Fox wasn't born to play the part of Marty McFly, which he was. But I'm such a big fan of this film series as a Gen-X'er that I have to see that what-if version of it without him. Everyone else agrees with me, right? 📷 🎭 🎮 🎥 💾 🎬 📼 🎬 💾 🎥 🎮 🎭 📷
@ColdBloodedBastard
4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Michael J. Fox IS Marty McFly.......BUT i still would buy a copy of the Eric Stoltz cut just to see it.
@chowder1682
3 жыл бұрын
They would have to pay Eric if they released it, I read on another video that they pretty much are waiting til he passes away. Which may not be for another 40 yrs, give or take. If he lives to be 100, I’ll be about 80, sigh…
@allissondiego1989
Жыл бұрын
Imagine being kicked out from one of the best films of all time.
@PatrickSilent
3 жыл бұрын
Wilson sure knows how to tell a story. I could listen to him for hours.
@massacmongo995
7 жыл бұрын
Hope Spielberg and the Studio cut in Tom and the other lesser known actors in on a little bit of the ENORMOUS Profits they made.
@DisappearingBoy2010
7 жыл бұрын
I can't believe you didn't tell me your car had a blind spot...I could've been killed.
@adamdemgar2798
7 жыл бұрын
DisappearingBoy 'I never noticed any blind spot, before, when I would drive it. Hi, son.' Hahaha
@DisappearingBoy2010
7 жыл бұрын
Say hi to your mom for me
@TheScypoise
7 жыл бұрын
I know what you're gonna say son, and you're right. you're right
@LorenHelgeson
6 жыл бұрын
I mean, look at this! I spilled beer all over me when I got hit by that other car. Who’s gonna pay for my dry cleaning?!
@SagaciousFrank
6 жыл бұрын
Just legendary script writing and delivery by all the actors on top of their games.
@marcelo78
4 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilson deserves an Oscar for his amazing performance in all three movies.
@Guccimustard
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine getting fired from a movie, they reshoot all your scenes and it becomes one of the biggest cinematic phenomena to have ever existed. Thats gotta hurt something fierce. Still though, kinda deserved it for acting like a douchebag on set.
@RollingOrmond
7 жыл бұрын
Stoltz and Lea Thompson played lovers in Some Kind Of Wonderful, shot around this time, so it makes sense they'd have a thing going on BTTF.
@nicoleshh
7 жыл бұрын
Rolling Ormond Lea has said that she was dating Dennis Quaid at the time.
@brycetharp4057
7 жыл бұрын
Some Sort of Wonderful came out two years later in 1987. They were also in a movie together a year BEFORE BTTF called The Wild Life. It was a deliberate choice.
@ericburns4773
4 жыл бұрын
Some kind of wonderful is a great movie
@steveleslie2170
4 жыл бұрын
I worked with Eric on Caprica... he was tough to work with both as an actor and director. It would be interesting to see BTTF with his scenes.
@welon17
4 жыл бұрын
If Tom Wilson tells me: "I'm gonna pull you out of that car and we're gonna method act this out." I'd crap my pants in the spot, the guy is like 9 feet tall!
@CS-mo7xp
3 жыл бұрын
I think if Eric Stoltz had stayed to play Marty in the released version then the film would probably now have the same kind of strong cult-ish 80s fanbase as films like Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Weird Science... Michael J Fox made the film a total blockbuster classic with his performance.
@WastedPo
Жыл бұрын
I totally agree. Fox just had an inherent likability, and he played the light comedy inherent in the story up to its full potential. He had a presence that simply wasn't in Stoltz's DNA. I bet if they had kept Stoltz, we would never have gotten a full trilogy, just a one-off modest hit.
@CS-mo7xp
Жыл бұрын
@@WastedPo yeah he manages to have that streetwise cool-kid aura, yet is also vulnerable at the same time. perfect for the film. stoltz didn't have that, really.
@Rhythmicons
6 жыл бұрын
I think you've got the wrong car, McFly.
@phillthyrecords
5 жыл бұрын
haha hell yeah
@inbreadfred4293
7 жыл бұрын
Well lookey what we have here..
@kato64
Жыл бұрын
I can’t imagine anyone doing a better job playing Biff than Tom Wilson did. And Michael J. Fox was perfect as Marty McFly. BTTF was the first movie my new GF (now wife of 36+ years) saw together, back in 1986. It holds a very special place in our hearts. I wonder if TW ever got to do the scene where he yanks Marty out of the car with Stoltz? That would be an outtake worth seeing!
@charliepiland3285
Жыл бұрын
He clearly states he did not in this audio clip…
@Tornado1994
8 ай бұрын
BTTF was no longer in theaters by '86. It left Theaters after the Holidays of '85.
@kato64
8 ай бұрын
@@Tornado1994 - Maybe where you live(d). We were in Calgary, Canada, and I can assure you it was still running in theatres in January of 1986.
@jetnut89
5 жыл бұрын
I really wish they shot that parking lot scene at the dance with Stoltz.
@curiousmind616
4 жыл бұрын
The guy was brilliant and should of been more famous than he is
@FiveSigma72
4 жыл бұрын
Should have.
@Rob2068
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen that before about the scene where Marty punches Biff in the cafe, that it is still Stoltz fist in that scene. He confirmed it here.
@barkboingfloom
4 жыл бұрын
They need to release the Eric Stolz cut, just like WB released the Richard Donner Superman 2 cut.
@WanagiAkicita
6 жыл бұрын
If they make the old footage into a new version of the movie, they could redo the part 2 with the actors using their regular faces for the 2015 stuff and put young age makeup on them for the 1985 stuff.
@effohsee
4 жыл бұрын
Look at Eric's career. He didn't fade away but was never the new big thing he thought he was😂
@earlybird3
6 жыл бұрын
Tom tells great stories. I loved hearing this.
@63worldseries
4 жыл бұрын
Saw Tom at the Improv. he killed it! not a bad singer, too!
@Rob2068
4 жыл бұрын
63worldseries Does he get to do some Biff? What are you looking at butthead?!
@SpottedBullet
2 жыл бұрын
Eric Stoltz would've been better suited for Casualties of War than Mike.
@CRAZYHORSE19682003
7 жыл бұрын
I loved him in the Wing Commander series of games as Maniac.
@hotrodd29
7 жыл бұрын
David Smith But didn't vagabond lose the will to live after maniac beat him in a game of cards? 😉
@werdna_sir
7 жыл бұрын
Play along with him... This guy's a loon.
@CRAZYHORSE19682003
7 жыл бұрын
When did Maniac have time to play cards. He was too busy polishing Col. Blair's rank insignia.
@therealgibbs
7 жыл бұрын
Pffft. No I don't have anything better to do! Now, let me tell you that story again...
@stefjevtic
2 ай бұрын
Chalk up another one for The Maniac!
@Lance2773
6 жыл бұрын
To me, this funny story ends up hilariously. Gotta love Tom Wilson.
@ministerofdarkness
4 жыл бұрын
Stoltz Cut coming to HBO Max 2021
@chrisalberts9125
4 жыл бұрын
What!!!!! For real?
@truthseeker3503
6 жыл бұрын
Wilson should play Trump in a biopic lol
@nicktubara
6 жыл бұрын
yes.
@aaronwhite6437
5 жыл бұрын
He already did, in the 2nd BTTF
@Robil63
5 жыл бұрын
@@aaronwhite6437 yes, a less tyrannical one😂
@christinamitchell6796
4 жыл бұрын
Omg yes!!😃 Great idea
@t.l3846
4 жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone would want to play him. In a bio pic
@soldeIuna
4 жыл бұрын
Reposting this from my reply in another comment: Honestly, I feel both Stoltz and MJF are amazing and talented actors and they were capable of providing to the directors what they felt, portrayed and gave life to the fictional character "Marty McFly", albeit in different styles. We cannot really say for certain whos the better actor as the footage hasnt been out yet, but from what I'm seeing here, I feel Stotlz wasnt clearly directed well enough to fit the comedy genre, and by the looks of it, he probably made the character Luke Skywalker-esque (serious, soft spoken, humorous at times), which still wouldve worked for the movie as what Joseph says that he played those scenes well. In Michael's case, hes a completely different can of worms compared to Eric. I think the reason why it worked so well for the movie is because of his charisma and the way he acted out scenes and situations if done differently would off-put the audience, which in this case is the "mom-is-in-love-with-me" subplot, which I felt was done exceedingly well because of Lea Thompson and Michael J. Fox's excellent comedic timing and interesting chemistry, especially how they handled such a weird and potentially contreversial subplot in such a lighthearted and comedic fashion that the audience usually wouldnt think that deep into it. Im pretty sure the movie would be seen different if Eric was in it because I dont think he can be able to pull off that incestual subplot that well as Michael did, but I still wouldve think the movie wouldve gone well with him, since Eric is also a talented actor and knows how to handle comedy well (Pulp Fiction is a nice example), but maybe not to the instantly-likeable and overly charismatic/comedic degree as MJF which the directors liked more.
@blacksunshine7485
5 ай бұрын
Fans - Hey can we get the StoltZ cut Studio - I guess you're not ready for that yet.. but your kids are gonna love it!
@johnnyking2965
5 жыл бұрын
Tom Wilson might be someone that you would wanna listen too if he asked you nicely to chill out a couple of times! LOL
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