Recast Back to the Future and Win a Prize!


Updated 10/28/09 3:52 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 33 comments

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

This 1985 sci-fi comedy should be tons of fun to recast, since the characters are so quirky, and the movie is such a favorite for many children of the '80s (well, and '70s, and '90s...). If you could recast Back to the Future today with new actors, who would you pick?

I have a sneaking suspicion that many of you will be itching to cast Shia LaBeouf in the part of Marty McFly, which might well be fitting, though I wonder who else could do well with the part. And who could play the zany Doc Brown? Or Marty's parents, Lorraine and George? And then, of course, there's Biff the bully.

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, July 31, complete with a "new" cast photo. To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar t-shirt, read more


Characters to recast:
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox)
Dr. Emmett ("Doc") Brown (Christopher Lloyd)
Lorraine Baines McFly (Lea Thompson)
George McFly (Crispin Glover)
Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson)

The BuzzSugar t-shirt

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