It is hard to believe Tom Wilson actually thought he was going to get cut from the movie. He was perfect for this role. I dont think anyone could have played Biff better than he did.

@bowens9456

2 жыл бұрын

You can't say that if nobody played the character lol. So many real bullies can be a bulky character lol

@dgenerated

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Wilson was fantastic as Biff!..

@mmsiphonevinyls1027

2 жыл бұрын

I know, but i guess of the main five actors he was the least experienced/established in 1985, so i can understand why he’d think that at the time.

@peanutbutterisfu

Жыл бұрын

@@bowens9456 yeah you can’t say nobody could have done it but he did fit the role perfectly.

@robertpitchardo376

Жыл бұрын

Even though Thomas Wilson wasn't cut from the movie, he was still mad at Bob Zemekis for stealing his line telling Eric Stoltz to make like a tree and get out of here (or leave).

Fox was born to play Marty.

@GisherJohn24

6 жыл бұрын

sounds like they got a lot of film, would love a Stoltz cut similar to what they did with Superman 2 and the donner cut? Thoughts???

@TheThrillPhill

6 жыл бұрын

Jesus vo bbl B.B.by

@ZoidbergForPresident

4 жыл бұрын

@dave4248 I dunno if your argument stands, Hugh Jackman is 1,88m tall, and still he played Wolverine. You can do a lot with cameras. :P

@NITE_SHIFTING

4 жыл бұрын

400

@nighthawk0077

4 жыл бұрын

@@GisherJohn24 Personally I'm not really into seeing BTTF with an inferior actor that did a poor job and got fired because of it.

Tom Wilson is the backbone of this trilogy - i think he plays 7 different characters. Five versions of Biff (1955 Biff, cocky 1985 Biff who knocks George on the head, Meek 1985 Biff who is cleaning the car at the end of BTTF1, rich 1985 Biff, and old Biff from 2015) and then Griff and Mad Dog as well.

@jwheeler1106

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention he did the voice of Biff in the cartoon as well.

@infiltrat0rn720

Жыл бұрын

He voiced Biff's grandma in BTTF2 as well!

@jwheeler1106

Жыл бұрын

@@infiltrat0rn720 That I did not know!

@mrcritical6751

Жыл бұрын

And voiced four different Biff’s in Back To The Future The Game as well meek Biff, gangster Biff, mind controlled Biff and a version of Biff with a different grandmother

@ElBloeTigre

Жыл бұрын

​@@infiltrat0rn720 😂

When Biff turns out to be the nicest guy ever and Marty is the real villain...

@victorreznov8038

3 жыл бұрын

Marty basically ruins Biff's life in 1955

@jpbart1390

2 жыл бұрын

ironically, fox & wilson are friends.

@MarySmith-lv3mo

2 жыл бұрын

@@jpbart1390 To be fair, he wasn't saying that Fox's Marty was the Villain, he was saying that Stoltz's Marty was the Villain. ;)

@jpbart1390

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarySmith-lv3mo i honestly never thought of that. if tom cruise played marty on the other hand... but tom's a villainous scientologist, anyway. i bet tom makes foxy feel tall, though. :P

@pacboy24

2 жыл бұрын

usually the “heros” in movies a re real azholes! and the villains are the nicest people ever! 🤣

Highly underrated actor.

@dametime128

5 жыл бұрын

Thomas F. Wilson was cast as Biff Tannen because the producers felt that the original choice, J. J. Cohen, wasn't physically imposing enough to bully Stoltz. Cohen was recast as Skinhead, one of Biff's cohorts. Had Fox been cast from the beginning, Cohen probably would have won the part because he was sufficiently taller than Fox.

@deletedleaf2688

4 жыл бұрын

Dametime interesting trivia, thanks! 👍

@deletedleaf2688

4 жыл бұрын

You’re right, he was so great in freaks and geeks too

@VenusHeadTrap2

4 жыл бұрын

Explain underrated

@ComputerLearning0

4 жыл бұрын

@@VenusHeadTrap2 A simple Google search would "explain" precisely what I'm talking about. It's an extremely common phrase and I find it very hard to believe you don't know its meaning.

It's so funny in retrospect hearing how worried Tom was about getting fired. Not only did he have one of the strongest performances in the film, but he's gone down as arguably one of the greatest movie villains of all time.

@thetribalist6923

8 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say arguable. He’s ONE of the greatest villains in movie history.

@rho008

7 ай бұрын

Now we know that Eric Stoltz is actually one of the biggest villain behind the scenes in Back to the Future.

@jonathanshapiro4169

7 ай бұрын

Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy similarly thought they were being let go from WarGames when Martin Brest was replaced by John Badham (an issue that it still very contentious and difficult to discuss by all participants)

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

7 ай бұрын

@@thetribalist6923 " Villain " is a tad strong. Maybe " antagonist " - slightly less harsh. Just like Maj. Frank Burns from MASH. Not a villain, but an antagonist who acts like a dimwit AND a punching bag.

@thetribalist6923

7 ай бұрын

@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq he was going to rape Marty McFly’s mom. That’s a pretty strong villain in my opinion. I get what you mean though. If he were just a bully, I think your description would be more apt. Don’t forget another timeline when he murders George, and if we’re including every character that Tom played, then he also murdered Marty’s other family members in the old west, and would have murdered Doc.

It's too bad we don't see Thomas F.Wilson in more movies. He is a great actor.

@Unqualifiedmedicalperson

2 жыл бұрын

He’s actually done a lot of voice acting over the years

@nathanlukeson9244

2 жыл бұрын

He was in Larry the Cable Guy health inspector and the heat.

@mrcritical6751

Жыл бұрын

@@Unqualifiedmedicalperson he’s great as a voice actor

@beatlefan713

Жыл бұрын

He does tons of voice acting. One of which I know for sure is a few characters in SpongeBob one of them being the Strangler that SpongeBob mistakes for his bodyguard 😂

@TheGoodReverendSatan

11 ай бұрын

He's a great musician as well and may be on tour currently.. Check him out if you can

"Live by the method. Die by the method." Words of wisdom from Biff.

@rodbirch5876

5 ай бұрын

Dude is sharp and funny!

@itsjustme8554

5 ай бұрын

Well, it's a better line than "Make like a tree and beat it"

Bob Gale: "Eric, you are terminated! Read my fax!" Eric Stoltz: "No! Please! No! I cannot be fired! I'm fired! Oh, this is heavy!""

@MarySmith-lv3mo

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO! I love BTTF References! :D

@rayeaton5312

2 жыл бұрын

Well done. Hilarious.

@jdaalmgren

2 жыл бұрын

There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

@jdaalmgren

2 жыл бұрын

There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

i grew up in the 80's and everyone hated Biff because he was a big bully. But Tom is a great actor and I 'm glad he wasn't fired

@bonovox103

6 жыл бұрын

Mike Condos I mean you are supposed to hate him, he's the antagonist of the film.

@SonicSP

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, dispacable character but nice actor.

@yellowblanka6058

6 жыл бұрын

But, as is usually the case, he's a great guy in real life, and used experiences being bullied in portraying the character.

@muppetallica

6 жыл бұрын

The sign of good actors, if they can convincingly play a total jerk, when they're actually not. It's probably only human nature to dislike them, though, until you see or hear them in an interview.

@aaronpollard7207

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah he's the nicest, most down to earth guy. Total opposite of Biff!

I'd probably like to meet Tom Wilson more than any person from the cast. Not only is he hilarious, but seems like a normal dude.

@benjaminapeterson

6 жыл бұрын

David R everyone always said he was the nicest down to earth guy you will ever meet

@seriouslypeople5860

6 жыл бұрын

I bet he hates calling people butthead.

@nimblehealer199

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Wilson said in a behind the scenes featurette that he is not a Macho Guy

@nimblehealer199

6 жыл бұрын

For back to the future 3

@Garrett1974

6 жыл бұрын

He's apparently an incredibly nice guy, the total opposite of Biff :)

Every time I've heard this guy interview on the trilogy...this guy is a born storyteller. A veritable raconteur.

@eolsunder

7 ай бұрын

and a amazing entertainer and comedian.

@stanknugget

7 ай бұрын

Talk about airing your dirty laundry…

@jasras5003

6 ай бұрын

@@stanknugget Gasp, are you airing your dirty laundry that you don't like Tom airing his dirty laundry? What's the scoop? You just aired your dirty laundry on a much smaller scale for the entire internet to see. OOOoooo.

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

6 ай бұрын

@@stanknugget One word : CATHARSIS.

@WhoisyourProvider

5 ай бұрын

He was funny in "the heat". Not too big of a role but it was good

Marty McFly is not the kind of character that requires that kind of immersion.

@MisterWhat

5 жыл бұрын

That`s the sort of thing that is arguable, depending on who sees it, I guess.

@iambiggus

4 жыл бұрын

From what it sounds like, he immersed himself in a dramatic role when everybody wanted a light hearted, comedic role. Seems he showed up on set determined to play a type of character and wasn’t going to break from that. Getting fired is going to happen if you can’t be flexible.

@incognoscente

4 жыл бұрын

@@iambiggus Eric mentioned in 1994 (for the L.A. Times) that he could have played the part as required had Zemeckis given him the heads up that he was acting in a comedy as opposed to an adventure with the occasional funny line.

@spider-keithasmr7688

4 жыл бұрын

@@incognoscente That's just Eric making up excuses for falling short on what should be his responsibility as an actor.

@incognoscente

4 жыл бұрын

@@spider-keithasmr7688 I thought about that but a woman who worked for Amblin had posted a believable comment on the Hollywood Reporter site ten years ago. She claimed that Spielberg told Zemeckis to not give Eric any direction so that the studio's higher ups would be convinced that he was miscast when they saw a rough cut. I believe her because one of the things that she had said had foreshadowed something that was written in the 2015 visual history book. She claimed that the reason why they didn't fire Eric straight away was because so much money would have been spent a month later that it would be difficult for the studio to cancel the entire project.

Tom Wilson is by far and away the most valuable player in the entire trilogy. These movies should have launched him into superstardom

@eolsunder

7 ай бұрын

i agree he was amazing in the movies. I would say the 3rd main character of course next to Marty and Doc Tom was the 3rd of the big trio.

@leftofpunk

7 ай бұрын

He's got a full actor's reel just from this trilogy of all sorts of different characters. It's a crime he wasn't bigger.

@slightlysnaked3725

6 ай бұрын

Eh. I like Tom Wilson, but anytime I ever see him in a tv show or movie I just see Biff.

@chrisbirch4150

6 ай бұрын

I think what is mad about Tom Wilson in the trilogy is he really squeezes something fresh out of every version of Biff. The iconic one for the BTTF1 is a meathead but you can tell he is an insecure bully. Then for BTTF2 in the alternative reality , you can tell he is way more confident in who he is because of the wealth. The old version in BTTF2 has a bitter edge that he plays perfectly (The film also did a great job with his size on camera with this one, because you can barely believe it's the same actor's body). Mad Dog from 3 obviously plays a bit with an accent and has a criminal/murderous edge, then Gryff from 2 is way more psychotic. It would have been so easy for Wilson to phone it in with the smaller parts but he didn't, he threw everything into the roles.

What's great about Wilson, is when he says "look, this is a movie." Some of these method guys need to get a grip.

@Robil63

4 жыл бұрын

Yes get a grip, not a gaff.. who's in charge of gaffes.

@christinamitchell6796

4 жыл бұрын

Amen to that, he had me cracking up at the same time too but he's right.😃

@incognoscente

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Cruise was just as bad during the making of Top Gun. Someone on Yahoo had typed the following in a comment section: "I was on the USS Enterprise when Top Gun was filmed. Word quickly got around (as it does on every US Naval ship) that Cruise was a snob. He flat out refused to speak to any of the enlisted men; he would only be addressed by officers. " "Accordingly, he refused to eat with the enlisted men on the mess deck. He would only eat with the officers in the Ward Room. Fair enough. One day a Warrant Officer (a commissioned officer who came up through the ranks as an enlisted man) walked in and saw Cruise eating there wearing a tank top. He promptly told him to get the ---- out. "I don't want to eat my dinner staring at your armpits." Cruise got up and left."

@makeitsonumberone1358

4 жыл бұрын

jim carrey was sutch a twat Making Man on the moon.

@incognoscente

4 жыл бұрын

@@makeitsonumberone1358 Definitely. I came across an interview with Eric where he was talking about a film called The Waterdance. He said: "I was sixteen and a friend was injured in a car accident and I'm afraid I may have reacted poorly to his new condition. But, after meeting many of the patients at the hospital where we filmed the movie, and of course after playing the part, I feel no discomfort about approaching and talking with a person in a wheelchair."

Funny how Thomas and Michael J. Fox, when they really did reach their late 40s, actually looked much younger than they were made to look in the 2nd movie.

@robinmcinarnay7827

3 жыл бұрын

Dude all of those movies made ppl look hella old! Helen Hunt looks old in Mad About You vs Pay it Forward 20 yrs later where she is hot! Sandra Bullock in Speed then The Proposal. There's countless examples. The 80's. Am I right!?! Lol

@CarissaConti

3 жыл бұрын

Any movies that do the "aging the characters" thing go ridiculously overboard with the bad wrinkles makeup job. They don't even look like themselves in the fake aged makeup. They make an "aged 40-something" look like they're 78. In reality many people age pretty decently and definitely still look like themselves 20 years later.

“Live by the method, die by the method” 😂

The chemistry of Lloyd and Fox was brilliant, but the performances from Wilson really top off a great trilogy. Plus he's the only one who really has to play very differing parts, - with young Biff, Old Biff, 80s Biff, alternate 80s Biff, Griff and Beaufort Tannen - and he does it superbly, with the right amount of ham for a cartoon bad guy.

@jenniferhanses

7 ай бұрын

If you ever hear him talk about it, he was having the time of his life, especially on 3. He got to pal around with a lot of really classic character actors, and learn skills from veteran Hollywood trainers, and apparently he was just lapping everything up.

@funguy8801

6 ай бұрын

Well, Michael J Fox also plays his own daughter and son as well as his older self in part 2 and something like his great, great grandfather in part 3.

Wilsons and Glovers chemistry was perfect. Those scenes of them together were hillarious.

Twist is that Michael J Fox actually went back in time and did some stuff to make the producers get rid of eric and hire him. True story.

@TheHalloweenKing

3 жыл бұрын

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

Talking about how Stoltz kept jamming his heels into his collarbone got me to thinking about Burt Reynolds talking about "The Longest Yard". He said during the scenes where they were actually playing football and tackling, Ray Nitschke, long time great LB for the Green Bay Packers, kept just hitting him like he was in a real game and trying to take him out.... So he said to him, "Hey, Ray, take it easy, it's just a movie." And he said Ray Nitschke looked at him, didn't even crack a grin, and said, "Not to me, Candyass."

@eeeddddddiiieee

4 жыл бұрын

That part came out great with MJF I believed it and Tom didn’t complain about that so Eric must have really been way over the line.

Make like a tree and get out of here

@sibylsaint

6 жыл бұрын

It's make like a tree and leave! You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong!!! You butthead.

@BitcoinMotorist

6 жыл бұрын

How did Tom not say that to himself while he was driving in to be "fired"?

@caesar349

6 жыл бұрын

That’s about as funny as a screen door on a battleship

@andrevrd

6 жыл бұрын

I still say this line but people don't always pick up on it.

@muppetallica

6 жыл бұрын

Andre Vrdoljak Clearly +Heavy Metal Rules didn't pick up on it, either. Maybe he never saw Back to the Future.

I worked with him 2 years ago on an episode of LEGENDS OF TOMORROW. He looked familiar, but obviously older. Once I heard his voice I realized he played BIFF on BACK TO THE FUTURE. Great guy on set.

@RobinHood3000

6 ай бұрын

I loved seeing him on Legends, it seemed a natural fit given the writers' love for BTTF ❤

It'd be interesting to watch the Stoltz version.

@someonezmom

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/h3eswcFweae_ks4.html

@chadhero37

6 жыл бұрын

It would be cool to see if they did the post shot effects, but I'm sure it doesn't have a score and edits behind it.

@freddybeer

6 жыл бұрын

It'd be painful. It was the wrong TONE.

@christenn32

6 жыл бұрын

freddybeer I'm not denying it, but how do we know?

@freddybeer

6 жыл бұрын

Well, tone is all important to a film. There's a whimsical nature to the BTTF trilogy. Stoltz was approaching it almost too sombre, too serious. His comedic timing wasn't as charming or as natural as Fox's. It is hard for me to personally see Stoltz in the three movies we have today.

This might be the first time I've ever heard a little bit of Biff come out of Tom in one of his interviews :P

@chauncyfill-ups7613

6 жыл бұрын

Ban Fasso probably because he hates when fans ask him to do it

@dan_hitchman007

3 жыл бұрын

There's a little bit of Biff in all of us.

"....Everybody call me Marty, except Leah who's playing my mom who I'm trying to make out with off camera...." Well, Eric got his wish two years later in "Some Kind of Wonderful."

@muppetallica

6 жыл бұрын

Carissa Conti 🤣 Classic.

@WoodysAR

4 жыл бұрын

OOOOHHHHN! Girl,. You good!!! Very impressive. ;) love that movie,. Serious Stoltz, worked for that script!

Hands down the best actor in the entire trilogy. Every version of the antagonist he plays is believable and unique. It never gets old watching any of his roles in BTTF.

@coolnamebro

8 ай бұрын

Second best. Crispin Glover as George McFly was outstandingly exceptional.

to me... thomas Wilson's Biff was the absolute best part of the Back to the Future trilogy for me.

@wchomes106

6 жыл бұрын

absolutely

@randomduck8679

6 жыл бұрын

MrPixelptlk if you really think that then make like a tree and get out of here

@xjcrossx

6 жыл бұрын

Butthead. He was awesome. And he is such a nice guy in real life which makes it even better

@SonicSP

6 жыл бұрын

MrPixelptlk He was extremely hateful - but that contributes to the movie.

@TheJohnCooper

5 жыл бұрын

MrPixelptlk apart from Marty

Thomas F. Wilson has always been great. Very professional, courteous and a decent actor.

I met stoltz in Dublin Ireland circa 1997-8 it was lunch time and we were both eating - i looked over and said your a good actor - he replied - “I know” Needless to say my eyes rolled

@poluticon

2 жыл бұрын

ok that story is actually pretty funny

@yeomane

2 жыл бұрын

he's a very arrogant pereon supposedly

@archstanton3430

Жыл бұрын

Maybe he was just "taking the piss". When in Ireland, right?

@tiago2189

Жыл бұрын

Did he said that in a ironically voice?

@Leathal

11 ай бұрын

And then he made out with you like Han Solo

My GF and I went on our first date to see Tom at a comedy club called The Funny Bone in Hartford, CT. Great show, and we met him afterwords, great guy as well

Man I’d just love to have a beer with Tom Wilson, he seems just cool and a friendly dude with great stories. Incredible acting as well. Not only did his characters have the largest time span, from 1885 to 2015, his characters also range from a high schooler to an old man, and everything in between.

@SENATORPAIN1

7 ай бұрын

Just make sure you have something other than light beer.

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

6 ай бұрын

@@SENATORPAIN1 LIGHT BEER. I know some Canadians, & I can feel their utter distaste at the thought. Mostly around Ontario.

Let's face it. If they hadn't brought in MJF, nobody would even remember BTTF and there sure wouldn't have been a part 2 or 3.

@MisterWhat

5 жыл бұрын

It`s possible, I just think the way Stoltz was fired as soon they needed a bigger budget and reshooting and able to get Fox was sleazy. Then again, he got responsability too.

@MisterBinx

4 жыл бұрын

People would remember it but it wouldn't be a classic.

@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421

4 жыл бұрын

Eric is a great actor but he's not the right Marty

@ChrisHonowayOFFICIAL

4 жыл бұрын

@magnetothewhite so do I, him and Johnny Depp. But Fox was the right guy and nobody could come close.

@MPT1983

4 жыл бұрын

@Dream Theory Exactly, nobody wants to work with a duck.

What is so awesome is that Tom can play such a great bad guy while being one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. I have looked around the web and can't find a story where anyone dislikes the guy. THAT is a near impossible thing in acting, a genuine nice person.

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

10 ай бұрын

He'd either be channeling Gandhi, St. Francis or Mr. Rogers to be that well - liked. Just saying.

@deanevangelista6359

8 ай бұрын

Wilson said in interviews that he was a much smaller, band geek, and president of the debate team in high school, and was actually bullied by others. He channeled his HS antagonists in his role as Biff.

@lordasaki

7 ай бұрын

He loves to patt boys' butts. He's a butt patter.

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

6 ай бұрын

@@deanevangelista6359 Damn good idea, constructive as well.

@stephenmcguire338

6 ай бұрын

We're you bored

He's so entertaining to listen to, I can picture everything he's saying.

He has obviously told that story a thousand times (literally), but he does tell it very well. An engaging and entertaining man.

Thomas was great on Freaks and Geeks as the gym teacher.

@ScypoiseChannel

6 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed him in Zoey 101 as the gym teacher...and in all of his spongebob performances

@ziggybammurphy191

6 жыл бұрын

Freaks and Geeks was on the year i graduated (2000) and its such an underrated show....so many known actors in that show.....it shouldnt have been cancelled after one season...all 18 episodes are great....

@muppetallica

6 жыл бұрын

Freaks and Geeks was awesome. I could totally relate to Lindsay. I felt like they based her character on my junior high years. I had no idea Tom was the gym teacher. Now I'll have to try and catch an episode somewhere. I just can't see it, but it's been a long time since I've watched any episodes. Edit: You're right. Just watched this clip about 'The Prank Call'. It's comedy gold. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZN8rJhwgbzYmrQ.html

@thevoid99

6 жыл бұрын

he was great in that. it was an unexpected role for him as i thought he was going to play another asshole but it turned out he's playing a real nice and sympathetic guy.

@antourte1

5 жыл бұрын

He's fantastic. One of the most memorable parts of the series was him trying desperately to connect with Martin Starr.

"Since when did you become the physical type?" My favorite Tom Wilson line in BTTF2

Probably the most amusing "behind the scenes" storys I've ever heard!

Tom Wilson sounds like the kind of guy that would be first on your list to go grab some beers with on a Sunday afternoon.

Best movie of all time❤ My mother grew up in the 50's sweetest memory is seeing this with her when i was home on leave from the Marines in 1986.❤❤

Release the whole of Eric Stoltz' cut and deepfake the rest.

@margaretharold5226

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Gold they said in a documentary that the would eventually release Eric stoltz scenes someday he didn’t say when but I think they will release it on either July 3rd 2025 or July 3rd 2035

@MilesAway

4 жыл бұрын

@@margaretharold5226 I think they said that as a joke

@bluefire9147

4 жыл бұрын

They would be a bit disrespectful to the actor tho

@NitpickingNerd

4 жыл бұрын

It was the original timeline before Marty became his own dad

@Fan_Made_Videos

4 жыл бұрын

That would actually be illegal for various copyright and contractual binding reasons.

We're gonna method this thing out in the parking lot.....classic..lol

@MGSBigBoss77

6 жыл бұрын

Ironically Eric got his piece of Thomas F Wilson in the diner scene and school cafeteria, but Tom sadly didn't get his piece of Eric Stoltz afterwards, lol. No wonder he chews him out here so badly!

@MisterWhat

5 жыл бұрын

I never liked the whole Producers/Stoltz issue (I think the producers are wankers, mostly) but if there is someone with a credible beef is Tom here. Fair game.

@incognoscente

5 жыл бұрын

@@MisterWhat To be fair, Eric was hard on Tom because Tom got a bit too rough with Crispin during the audition stage. Eric and Crispin were already friends since they had attended the same drama class (they even acted in an aspirin commercial where they played brothers).

"the Rubik's cube in my brain" 🤣 haha thank you Tom, in addition to your fantastic and irreplaceable performances in BttF

Tom Wilson deserves an Oscar for his amazing performance in all three movies.

Tom Wilson is awesome

I could listen to Tom talking about his career all day long 🙋🏻‍♀️💕

Wilson sure knows how to tell a story. I could listen to him for hours.

Tom Wilson is hilarious. Super insightful.

"Live by the method, die by the method" Lol

I really liked this interview. It was an honest, no holds barred, frank discussion of what was going on from Tom's point of view and what he observed on and off the set.

The producers refusing to tell him if he still has the job over the phone has got to be one of the most stressful feelings ever

@aranbuzzas8000

8 ай бұрын

It sounds like they probably had other things on their mind....

@EQOAnostalgia

6 ай бұрын

god complex.

Stoltz and Lea Thompson played lovers in Some Kind Of Wonderful, shot around this time, so it makes sense they'd have a thing going on BTTF.

@nicoleshh

6 жыл бұрын

Rolling Ormond Lea has said that she was dating Dennis Quaid at the time.

@brycetharp4057

6 жыл бұрын

Some Sort of Wonderful came out two years later in 1987. They were also in a movie together a year BEFORE BTTF called The Wild Life. It was a deliberate choice.

@ericburns4773

4 жыл бұрын

Some kind of wonderful is a great movie

Tom tells great stories. I loved hearing this.

I’ve seen that before about the scene where Marty punches Biff in the cafe, that it is still Stoltz fist in that scene. He confirmed it here.

His performances in the trilogy was phenomenal. What a great human being too. I would say Darth Vader and Biff Tannen are the two best villains of all time. Hands down.

@Smokey2Mc

8 ай бұрын

Hans Grubur says no.

@werideatdusk

7 ай бұрын

Hannibal Lecter says Wall Hallo

@PridelovalecSipka

7 ай бұрын

Darth Vader is just toxoplasmic marxist fever dream so hes not really cool

@joepermenter7228

7 ай бұрын

Shooter McGavin eats pieces of shit like you for breakfast.

@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973

5 ай бұрын

Spoken like a person who never watched a movie made before 1980

Toms performance in BTTF2 is just amazing. Four characters! Griff was so cool. I can’t imagine anyone else, he made the movie!

I really wish they shot that parking lot scene at the dance with Stoltz.

And Billy Zane was one of his Biff's minions!

@nthgth

4 жыл бұрын

@77Wells yup, just as was stated

@SpikeShooter92

4 жыл бұрын

"Now son we can do this the easy way or the hard way" *BONK* "The easy way"

@TheJosep70

4 жыл бұрын

And Elijah Wood and Pink were at the 80's cafe in BTTF2.

Thomas F. Wilson was cast as Biff Tannen because the producers felt that the original choice, J. J. Cohen, wasn't physically imposing enough to bully Stoltz. Cohen was recast as Skinhead, one of Biff's cohorts. Had Fox been cast from the beginning, Cohen probably would have won the part because he was sufficiently taller than Fox.

@Ease54

Жыл бұрын

Cohen should have a beer with Pete Best sometime.

I could listen to Tom tell stories all day

To me, this funny story ends up hilariously. Gotta love Tom Wilson.

I loved him in the Wing Commander series of games as Maniac.

@hotrodd29

6 жыл бұрын

David Smith But didn't vagabond lose the will to live after maniac beat him in a game of cards? 😉

@LORDJPXX3

6 жыл бұрын

Play along with him... This guy's a loon.

@CRAZYHORSE19682003

6 жыл бұрын

When did Maniac have time to play cards. He was too busy polishing Col. Blair's rank insignia.

@therealgibbs

6 жыл бұрын

Pffft. No I don't have anything better to do! Now, let me tell you that story again...

"Oh, Eric is fired. Now, what is the bad news?"

I worked with Eric on Caprica... he was tough to work with both as an actor and director. It would be interesting to see BTTF with his scenes.

Just watched Back to the Future last night! Tom is always so nice in every interview I’ve ever heard him in. Sounds like a great guy

Shame Tom didn't get to "totally method out" on Stoltz.

Tom Wilson was in my mind the best thing about BTTF. He played every version of Biff to perfection.

Tom Wilson carried those movies. He was great! 💕👍

How bad does he have to suck if they are willing to film almost the ENTIRE movie all over again?

@TooCooFoYou

6 жыл бұрын

That One Guy Having to film the entire film again doesn't mean the actor sucks (everybody on the set agreed that Eric was great when performing, but he jus wasn't right for the role. Eric also agreed on that). It'd be weird to see Marty McFly suddenly have a facial reconstruction AND have a different tone and personality halfway through the film.

@ColdBloodedBastard

6 жыл бұрын

I dont mean sucks as an actor, I mean suck as Marty. And where can I read or hear the interview with Eric where he says that? Ive heard hes talked about it but cant find where.

@TooCooFoYou

6 жыл бұрын

I read that he had told a fellow director that he felt wrong for the part given the direction the film was going.

@Inaworldoflove

6 жыл бұрын

I was only watching BTTF the other day and thought 'wow, Michael J. Fox's charisma is off the scale'. It's a whacky tale that works with Fox and with anyone else it probably would have just been seen as a teen movie.

@ColdBloodedBastard

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Michael J. Fox has this crazy likeability factor to him that few people in Hollywood have. I would watch Secret of my Success a lot as a kid, not because I liked the movie, but because I liked Michael so much. Eric is a great actor, but hes too serious and straight for this role.

They need to release the Eric Stolz cut, just like WB released the Richard Donner Superman 2 cut.

Man I love Tom Wilson--he's honest, funny & shares the best stuff :)

This is a great story. I need to look up more Tom Wilson interviews.

I can’t imagine anyone doing a better job playing Biff than Tom Wilson did. And Michael J. Fox was perfect as Marty McFly. BTTF was the first movie my new GF (now wife of 36+ years) saw together, back in 1986. It holds a very special place in our hearts. I wonder if TW ever got to do the scene where he yanks Marty out of the car with Stoltz? That would be an outtake worth seeing!

@charliepiland3285

8 ай бұрын

He clearly states he did not in this audio clip…

@Tornado1994

4 ай бұрын

BTTF was no longer in theaters by '86. It left Theaters after the Holidays of '85.

@kato64

4 ай бұрын

@@Tornado1994 - Maybe where you live(d). We were in Calgary, Canada, and I can assure you it was still running in theatres in January of 1986.

Im starting to think that method acting is more of a disruptive nuisance than it is a good thing. Kind of sounds like an excuse for actors to exercise selfish, anti-social diva behavior. When people don't get along onset or in ANY aspect of life, it is a recipe for disaster. Fact. Great video and story though. It's amazing this movie is still so popular today. I was glued to every juicy detail of this story. Good shit

@incognoscente

4 жыл бұрын

Method acting can sometimes work. When Francis Ford Coppola started shooting The Outsiders, he put all the actors who played Greasers in a cheap hotel in the bad part of town. He put all the Soches in a luxury hotel. Then he told them to brag about it to the Greasers. It created a lot of friction on the set so, by the time they filmed the rumble, the Greasers really did hate the Soches.

@Quibblet

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, if I was an actress, I wouldn't do as much method acting. I would really have to use studying every day off set and my memory full capacity instead.

@PoohbearPlus

4 жыл бұрын

If want to look at those who hated method acting look no further than Alfred Hitchcock who absolutely hated it. One time a method actress tried it on him. He told her to got to the window. She wanted to know what her motivation was to do it because she was "in character". Hitchcock said "Your paycheck and your further employment with me". The actress then did what she was told.

@GentlemanAmerican

4 жыл бұрын

There is a place for method acting, but they are hired to play a role. It's the director's job to oversee the flow of the movie. It is good if the directors let the actors improvise, but it is disruptive to everyone else if an actor is not cooperative.

@Autobot032

4 жыл бұрын

Method acting isn't acting, not to me. If you have to "live" your role, are you really acting? It's not normal to be another person, for real, for weeks and possibly months. A real actor/actress can switch it on and off and go do their job. Olivier called out Hoffman on it... (and I'm paraphrasing, not word for word) "My dear boy, why don't you just try acting?" And it's a good point. Much like what Stolz did here with Tom, Hoffman verbally and physically assaulted Meryl Streep by going method. He was already in the mindset, but his wife was divorcing him for real, and he used it. That's how insane it is. She still, to this day, won't acknowledge his existence. And why should she? Screw him and method actors. It's not a performance, it's an outlet for awful.

For me this guy WAS back to the future. He was amazing in all of them. So underrated 👏

If they make the old footage into a new version of the movie, they could redo the part 2 with the actors using their regular faces for the 2015 stuff and put young age makeup on them for the 1985 stuff.

Tim Wilson is why I love the BTTF trilogy.

God, I still can't believe that they filmed almost the entire movie with Eric Stoltz! That's insane. They pretty much had to reshoot the whole movie.

What a terrific interview.

Tom Wilson was great as Biff. I can't imagine anyone else but Michael J Fox as Marty McFly. Eric Stoltz was very good in "Mask," but he was miscast in "Back To The Future."

Look at Eric's career. He didn't fade away but was never the new big thing he thought he was😂

Saw Tom at the Improv. he killed it! not a bad singer, too!

@Rob2068

4 жыл бұрын

63worldseries Does he get to do some Biff? What are you looking at butthead?!

What an awesome story teller , absolutely brilliant!

It’s funny when the person playing the protagonist is actually the bully

Tom Wilson is so under appreciated in this series. Not that he gets negative comments or anything, but he was just so good. He had to play middle aged jerk Biff, young Biff, middle aged nice Biff, old man Biff, Donald Trump Biff, and Mad Dog across 3 movies. And I buy every one of those characters, every one you can see him having a blast with and helping make the movies that much more memorable.

@peterfrknpan6674

4 жыл бұрын

No he’s not ! He’s the most quotable character in the series. Stop

@bluebear1985

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget he was also Griff in the second film.

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

10 ай бұрын

@@bluebear1985 He could be in a remake of Interview with a Vampire & add a twist to it. Or play the warden *or* the guard - Clancy Brown's role - in The Shawshank Redemption.

Reposting this from my reply in another comment: Honestly, I feel both Stoltz and MJF are amazing and talented actors and they were capable of providing to the directors what they felt, portrayed and gave life to the fictional character "Marty McFly", albeit in different styles. We cannot really say for certain whos the better actor as the footage hasnt been out yet, but from what I'm seeing here, I feel Stotlz wasnt clearly directed well enough to fit the comedy genre, and by the looks of it, he probably made the character Luke Skywalker-esque (serious, soft spoken, humorous at times), which still wouldve worked for the movie as what Joseph says that he played those scenes well. In Michael's case, hes a completely different can of worms compared to Eric. I think the reason why it worked so well for the movie is because of his charisma and the way he acted out scenes and situations if done differently would off-put the audience, which in this case is the "mom-is-in-love-with-me" subplot, which I felt was done exceedingly well because of Lea Thompson and Michael J. Fox's excellent comedic timing and interesting chemistry, especially how they handled such a weird and potentially contreversial subplot in such a lighthearted and comedic fashion that the audience usually wouldnt think that deep into it. Im pretty sure the movie would be seen different if Eric was in it because I dont think he can be able to pull off that incestual subplot that well as Michael did, but I still wouldve think the movie wouldve gone well with him, since Eric is also a talented actor and knows how to handle comedy well (Pulp Fiction is a nice example), but maybe not to the instantly-likeable and overly charismatic/comedic degree as MJF which the directors liked more.

Tom is versatile, funny and has great presence. Loved him in this trilogy.

When I was young I always had trouble seeing Tom Wilson as a nice guy. lol He was such a great antagonist as Biff in his role in Back to the Future. Listening to him talk now makes me feel a little silly for harboring those feelings for so long but I also attribute these elements to his effectiveness as an actor and his dedication to his role. Still it's almost inconceivable to think of himself as anything but a kind and humble man.

Hey Mcfly, I thought I told you never to come in here.

@williamshaw9047

6 жыл бұрын

I get your car towed all the way to your house and all you've got for me is a LIGHT beer?

@alexpollock6932

6 жыл бұрын

You Irish Bug

@darthXreven

6 жыл бұрын

what are you looking at butthead? eh, say hi to your mom for me....

@lidaaletap2646

6 жыл бұрын

Well it's gonna cost you, how much money you got on you?

@gabriel198pr

4 жыл бұрын

We’ll How Much Do You Want, Biff?

That was some really deep dirt. Still moist. Wilson is awesome.

@RoughJustice2k18

3 жыл бұрын

Least it wasn't manure. He hates manure.

This movie needs to come to light, I want to see it.

This guy’s artwork is incredible too. Excellent artist and actor.

Hope Spielberg and the Studio cut in Tom and the other lesser known actors in on a little bit of the ENORMOUS Profits they made.

The guy was brilliant and should of been more famous than he is

@FiveSigma72

3 жыл бұрын

Should have.

very good segment of interview

Tom Wilson is awesomesauce.

@spleensthecat8776

4 жыл бұрын

Please don't say awesomesauce ever again.

@AngelReyes-lc4mw

3 жыл бұрын

^ Please

He was the best actor of BTTF movies! He had to play himself in different timelines. all his impersonation were excellent!!

Biff is my favorite part of the trilogy

Tom doesn't get enough credit as Biff. He was fantastic in that part and managed to play a zillion different versions of the same character convincingly.

@DanielAppleton-lr9eq

10 ай бұрын

He could play a character like Drax in the MCU. Drax's younger brother, or Korg.