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Melora Hardin Jennifer Parker considered losing the role in back to the future, The experience is being called “a major disappointment”.
Houston-born actor, best known for playing John Levinson on the hit sitcom Officewas originally cast as Marty McFly’s girlfriend opposite Eric Stoltz in the beloved 1985 sci-fi comedy.
He shot several weeks of footage with Stoltz before producer Steven Spielberg and director Robert Zemeckis decided to recast the lead role.
When? Michael J. fox Upon replacing Stoltz, it was decided that Hardin was too tall to play his girlfriend. The role of Parker was given to Claudia Wells.
In a new interview with Entertainment WeeklyHardin recalled: “back to the future It was a huge disappointment. I was 17 years old, you know. I started crying. it was very sad. there were quite a number of them [lost roles] I remember, you know, things that never really happened. But I remember I was very strict.”
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Earlier this year, Hardin spoke about the reason for his replacement during an appearance joe fox podcast Saying: “Apparently the two female executives at the time thought it was embarrassing for their lead male character to have scenes with a woman who was taller than him.”
He added, “At the time, at 17, it was very sad and very upsetting to me. Whatever! If I had done that, I’m sure it would have all worked out differently. I wouldn’t have done it.” Office,
In a new interview with Entertainment WeeklyHardin reflected on experiences of disappointment and failure in his career, saying: “To get to where I am, you have to fail more than you succeed. I think people don’t realize that when they look at it from the outside – you really have to be someone who is comfortable with failure, and can put yourself on the line all the time.
“That failure doesn’t mean anything about you. You just have to fail better, and keep failing better… to really be able to face this career choice.”
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earlier this year, Michael J Fox claimed that his back to the future Co-star Crispin Glover “caused a fight” on the set of the classic film. Glover played the Fox character’s father, George.
Fox wrote in his memoir, “Nobody puts Crispin in a box.” boy of the future“But that didn’t stop the camera crew from literally building a box around him, As George McFly, Crispin had his own ideas about how and where his character should go,”
Fox also wrote in his memoir how He doesn’t remember anything about his last day back to the future set.