If you want the actor, hire the actor.
was a massive hit back in 1985, the year’s highest-grossing film in fact – and for many reasons. Chief among those reasons was the spot-on casting from the two leads—Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd—to the line-up of supporting cast members. This line-up included Crispin Glover, whose goofy and shy take on George McFly is arguably the film’s most endearing portrayal outside Fox’s Marty McFly.
were set to reprise their roles. There were two exceptions: Glover and Claudia Wells, who played Marty’s girlfriend, Jennifer Parker. The reasons for this pair of departures differed greatly.On the latter front, Wells chose not to return because her mother had been diagnosed with cancer, and she chose to stay by her mother’s side. As for Glover, he too was asked to return and even expressed interest in doing so, but he and the producers could not reach an agreement regarding his salary.
When the camera started rolling, Zemeckis had three choices. One, write George McFly out of the narrative entirely. Two, recast Glover. And three, get creative. He chose option three, which ended up making a bit of cinema history, even if not exactly for a pleasant reason.Zemeckis did recast the part, bringing in Jeffrey Weissman, but he gave the actor a false chin, nose, and cheekbones so he would more closely resemble Glover. He also put George in the background of most of his shots .
In the original movie, George McFly is seen at multiple stages of his life. For instance, when he is elderly. To accomplish this, a mold was created utilizing Glover’s face. This same mold was used to help make Weissman look more like Glover, a fact which, quite understandably, displeased theGlover filed a lawsuit against producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton, citing the fact that they did not own his likeness, nor did they have his permission to utilize his likeness.
Primarily, the Screen Actors Guild’s collective bargaining agreements now have clauses that forbid producers and actors from utilizing such methods to replicate a performer’s physical appearance. This clause has only grown more important over time. Why? Digital effects-based techniques and the advent of Artificial Intelligence. If an actor signed a contract for one movie and was paid for one movie, that one movie is the only movie in which they should be featured. Period.
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