He Could Have Been an International Star: What happened to Eric Stoltz after he was fired from Back to the Future?

Today, for fans around the world, the return of Marty McFly, Doc’s famous time-traveling companion, to the trilogy is clearly Michael J. Fox’s face.

However, even if the actor (who recently paid tribute to Matthew Perry) was the first choice of director Robert Zemeckis, the film began shooting with another young actor.

Indeed, Michael J. Fox was already involved in the Sacred Family series, Eric Stoltz was originally offered the role of Marty by Zemeckis. Only after 5 weeks of filming, when Stoltz had already filmed a significant part of his scenes (especially with Christopher Lloyd), the director had serious doubts.

Now convinced that for all his talent, Stoltz couldn’t bring the necessary humor and quirkiness to the character of Marty, Zemeckis simply decided to thank his lead actor… in favor of Michael Fox, who in turn did. in order to avoid obligations.

There’s no doubt that Eric Stoltz – and especially after discovering the Trilogy’s triumph – must have gone through a particularly difficult turning point after his ouster from Hill Valley. However, the man who is often unfairly reduced to “the actor who almost played Marty McFly” didn’t stop there.

What happened to Eric Stoltz?

In the same year as Back to the Future, in a completely different register, Stoltz played the young hero born with a facial deformity in Mask, alongside Cher and Sam Elliott: a dramatic biopic that earned him a Golden Globe nomination.

If she changes her tastes and continues to act on stage and television alongside her film career, we could see her in many large-scale projects in the 80s and 90s, even if she doesn’t have any real lead roles. Films to be discussed.

Thus, Eric Stoltz appears successively in La Mouche 2, Roger Evari’s Killing Zoo (with French actors Jean-Hugues Angled and Julie Delp) and of course Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, which remains one of the most iconic feature films. his career and in which he plays Lance, John Travolta’s completely unsuspecting dealer.

Over the years and decades, even if he continues to participate in important projects such as The Four Daughters of Dr. March, Jerry Maguire, Anaconda, The Butterfly Effect or Harvey Milk, it is clear that he is gradually moving to the small screen and in particular as a director.

From the early 2000s to the present day, we’ve seen episodes of such landmark series as Grey’s Anatomy, Glee, Madam Secretary and Bull.

(Re)discover the ‘Pulp Fiction’ trailer…