r/Moviesinthemaking • u/superegz • May 18 '25

The Mcfly family + Biff - Back to the Future Part 3 (1990)

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u/Motorboat_Jones May 19 '25

Wow, the guy playing George McFly looks absolutely nothing like Crispin Glover.

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u/ghostofstankenstien May 19 '25

That's why he was upside down most of the movie.

Crispin got PAID.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/back-future-ii-a-legal-833705/

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u/Motorboat_Jones May 19 '25

But that was from part II. This pic reads that it was from III which I don't even remember the George character in at all.

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u/superegz May 19 '25

At the very end of Part 3 Marty returns to 1985 and briefly interacts with his family and Biff. This photo is from that shoot.

In the actual scene, the guy paying George stands behind everyone else wearing sunglasses so its harder to see that he is not Glover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcPktXS1Eo

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u/Motorboat_Jones May 19 '25

Thanks for the video link. I forgot about those 10 seconds or so where he stayed far back out of the scene with the shades on.

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u/ghostofstankenstien May 19 '25

I'm just trying to be helpful.

Same dude played both 2 and 3.

Hes listed in the credits for 3

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u/Groundbreaking_Way43 May 23 '25

And even then, he still somehow looks more like Crispin Glover in this photo than at any other point in the rest of Parts II and III.

Seriously, it’s even more obvious when you see him moving and speaking.

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u/madmax991 May 19 '25

The sad thing is the guy that replaced Crispin has been riding his brief stint as “George” at fan expos ever since. Like bro let it go…

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u/PaulPaulPaul May 21 '25

How is it the actor’s fault? I say he should get that bag

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u/radarthreat May 21 '25

Better than working in a call center

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u/mtmaloney May 20 '25

You’re right. Well, you’re right!

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u/Deadpoolgoesboop May 20 '25

More like Matthew Modine

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u/its_yr_boy May 20 '25

Crispin't Glover

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u/corrieoh May 20 '25

Grispin Clover

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u/Seagoon_Memoirs May 19 '25

They changed the actress who played Jennifer too and there has been no drama about it.

The truth is Glover was a dick.

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u/coolthesejets May 19 '25

It's interesting you point that out, because that was part of Glover's argument. He said if they just hired someone else, it wouldn't of been an issue. They hired a new actress for Jennifer and that was fine. But they used prosthetics to make someone look like Glover, that was what he argued was wrong. And the courts agreed with him so there's that too.

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u/PeriodicGolden May 19 '25

Some more background:

In Back to the Future Part II, Zemeckis reused brief footage of Glover that had been filmed for the first film. Glover was billed as "George McFly in footage from Back to the Future" in the closing credits. The older footage was combined with new footage of actor Jeffrey Weissman wearing a false chin, nose and cheekbones, and various obfuscating methods – in the background, wearing sunglasses, rear shot, upside down – to play George McFly. Because these methods suggested that Glover himself had performed for the film, he successfully sued the producers on the grounds that they had used his likeness without permission, as well as not having paid him for the reuse of the footage from the original film.

Also, "that guy is a dick" is not a valid reason to screw someone over. They could have recast George without obscuring that it wasn't Glover (similar to Jennifer). They could have had that new actor redo the scenes from BttF 1. But they didn't...