Michael J. Fox has revealed what Eric Stoltz said to him four decades after replacing him as Marty McFly in the 1985 hit “Back to the Future.” “Eric has maintained his silence on the subject for forty ...

Some don’t know that Eric initially played Marty McFly, and he was replaced by Michael nearly six weeks into production. But why? Back to the Future reigns as one of the most famous film franchises in ...

Michael J. Fox has befriended Eric Stoltz after replacing him in 'Back to the Future' (1985). Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for TCM Although Michael J. Fox can’t actually go ...

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As cinema legend has it, six weeks into the Back to the Future shoot, Eric Stoltz was abruptly replaced as Marty McFly by Michael J. Fox. It’s a fated moment in Hollywood history that Fox talks more ...

It took 40 years, countless films, and the authoring of five books to finally bring Michael J. Fox together with Eric Stoltz, the actor he replaced in the 1985 mega-blockbuster Back to the Future. But ...

“Eric has maintained his silence on the subject for 40 years, so I was prepared for the likelihood that he’d prefer to keep it that way,” Fox writes in the memoir (via Entertainment Weekly), noting ...

Michael J. Fox recently recalled the time before he became a household name. There’s no doubt that the Back to the Future ...

Back to the Future producer Steven Spielberg was in no rush to reveal Michael J. Fox had taken over the film's lead role from ...

Back to the Future reigns as one of the most famous film franchises in history. The year 1985 has become a staple in pop culture (even a song by SR-71 is titled after the year), and one of the most ...

Michael J. Fox reveals in his new memoir, “Future Boy,” that he wrote a letter to Eric Stoltz asking to finally meet 40 years after Fox replaced Stoltz as Marty McFly in the blockbuster “Back to the ...