{"id":157739,"date":"2021-01-06T10:38:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/?p=157739"},"modified":"2024-07-24T10:04:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:04:40","slug":"back-to-the-future-audition-tapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/actors-on-acting\/back-to-the-future-audition-tapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Ben Stiller, Jon Cryer, Billy Zane &#038; Kyra Sedgwick Audition for &#8216;Back to the Future&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vr12zp91e30<\/p>\n<p><em>Back to the Future<\/em> is one of those movies that seems like it&#8217;s perfectly cast &#8212; even though principal photography started with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/tag\/eric-stoltz\"><strong>Eric Stoltz<\/strong><\/a> in the role of Marty McFly before the filmmakers hired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/tag\/michael-j-fox\"><strong>Michael J. Fox<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As fascinating as it is to see footage of Stolz as McFly, it&#8217;s just as interesting to consider the other hopefuls for the McFly role and other roles. A number of actors who remain famous to this day auditioned for roles in Back to the Future, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/tag\/ben-stiller\"><strong>Ben Stiller<\/strong><\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/tag\/jon-cryer\"><strong> Jon Cryer <\/strong><\/a>(who auditioned to play McFly), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/tag\/billy-zane\"><strong>Billy Zane<\/strong><\/a> (who auditioned to play Biff) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyactor.com\/tag\/kyra-sedgwick\"><strong>Kyra Sedgwick<\/strong><\/a> (who auditioned to play Jennifer). Of the four, only Zane appears in the film, but as one of Biff&#8217;s henchmen.<\/p>\n<p>As we know now, the film wouldn&#8217;t have been the same with a different cast. 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