“Crispin Glover created some tension on set”

The star of Robert Zemeckis’ trilogy has returned to talk about the disagreements on set caused by the actor who played his father.

Michael J. Fox has summarized the salient phases of his career in his new memoir Future Boyin which he also tells some details of the making of Back to the Future.

In one passage of the book, Fox recalled his co-star’s working methods in the film Crispin Gloverinterpreter of George McFly, Marty McFly’s father.

Tensions on the set of Back to the Future caused by Crispin Glover

In particular, during one scene in the garden of McFly’s housewhen George and Marty talk about the date with Lorraine, Glover would start doing his own thing: “When Crispin approached the camera, he was supposed to stand in the hallway between the clothesline and me. But Crispin had a different plan. My impression is that he saw George as a wanderer, a free spirit who moved randomly, in this case, perpendicular to the camera.”. The crew’s solution was to build a sort of small enclosure with sandbags and sawhorses, trapping him within the confines of the frame.

In any case, Michael J. Fox stressed he loved working with his colleague: “His talent was unquestionable, even if his methods sometimes created friction. However, I respected the fact that he remained true to his vision of George (as he understood and interpreted it). I knew Crispin Glover before Back to the Future, but I wouldn’t say I was prepared to act with him, there’s no way to prepare for Crispin. With Chris Lloyd I had an idea of ​​what he was doing. Neither he nor Crispin They never did the same thing the same way twice.”.

Back to the Future consecrated the career of Michael J. Fox

In Back to the Future, young Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is catapulted from 1985 to 1955 with a time machine in a DeLorean built by his scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd).

The Back to the Future trilogy consecrated the career of Michael J. Fox, who was already famous at the time for his role in House of Keaton.