1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,279 Speaker 1: All right, did you ever have a job you hated 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: or at least wished you'd never taken? Pretty much all 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: of us have been there, right, And you know what 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: that includes some really big movie stars. Eric Stoltz had 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: filmed most of his starring role in Back to the Future, 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: but was fired before it was done, and he was 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: totally relieved. Other stars who made movies they regret include 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: George Clooney, Halle Berry, and Rob Pattinson, just to name 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: a few. I'm Patty Steele trading in passion for a paycheck. 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: That's next on the backstory. The backstory is back. Did 11 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: you know that there are movies that starred actors who 12 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: actually hated the role? Got to thank backstory listener Steve 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: Kingston for suggesting this one. This summer is the fortieth 14 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: anniversary of one of the biggest movies of the twentieth century, 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: Back to the Future. There were sequels, theme park attractions, 16 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: video games, and animated TV series, and even a stage 17 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: musical all based on this flick. Not to mention all 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: the merchandising, right, and it made Michael J. Fox a superstar. 19 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. He wasn't the first star in 20 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: that movie. When filming started, more than fifteen young actors 21 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: were considered for the role, and in fact, most of 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: the movie was filmed using a different actor to play 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: Marty McFly. Eric Stoltz had filmed most of his scenes 24 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: when the director said, yeah, this is not going to 25 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: work and promptly fire him. Why. Well, it seems Eric 26 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 1: had a completely different sense of what the movie should 27 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: be about. We all know it as this fun coming 28 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 1: of age adventure comedy. Marty's dealing with an alcoholic mother 29 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: and a mild manner depressed dad who's bullied by his boss. 30 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: Marty's afraid he's going to wind up living the same life, 31 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: But then he meets Doc Brown, an eccentric old guy 32 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: who's built a time machine. Marty goes back to nineteen 33 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: fifty five and gives his parents a new start, making 34 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: their future life happy and successful. Well, what could be 35 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: wrong with that story? It seems Eric Stoltz saw the 36 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: story as a tragedy when he first read it, and 37 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: that's how he approached it. But the director and producers 38 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: felt his acting was too intense and too serious. They 39 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: said they wanted a screwball attitude, not a serious method 40 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: actor who wouldn't even answer by his real name when 41 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: he was in character. Stoltz felt Marty McFly's return to 42 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty five would be depressing because he'd changed his 43 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 1: entire past and thus his present, So the director Robert 44 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: Semechis had to fire Staltz, which he later said broke 45 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: Stoltz's heart. Well, not really. Eric had told his makeup 46 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: artist that he wasn't a comedian and he had no 47 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: idea why he was cast in the role. Others said 48 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: Eric was incredibly relieved to be let go because he 49 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: got full pay and he didn't have to make a movie. 50 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 1: He wasn't feeling all. That got me to thinking about 51 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: taking jobs we don't love. Pretty much everybody myself included, 52 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: has had to take a job just for the income. 53 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: Sometimes you do it to pay the rent, sometimes because 54 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: you're going to make a decent quick buck while waiting 55 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: to get paid to follow your passion, and sometimes the 56 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: money is just too good to turn down. Either way, 57 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: it can be soul crushing when what you want to do, 58 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: your financial needs, and your boss's vision aren't in sync. 59 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: That's what happened to Eric Staltz when he was trying 60 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: to be Marty McFly right. But there have been plenty 61 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: of other actors who sacrifice their artistic motivation to make 62 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: a buck, and sometimes, like Eric Staaltz, they've taken a 63 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: role for which they had a different vision than the director. 64 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: Halle Berry had won an Academy Award for the movie 65 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: Monster's Ball, and everybody was watching to figure out where 66 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: she'd go next. She did a couple of big films, 67 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: including a James bondflick, and then came Catwoman. Michelle Pfeiffer, 68 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: Nicole Kidman, and Ashley Judd were all considered, but it 69 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: finally went to She prepped intensely with trainers to get 70 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: her body in perfect shape for the role, and costumes 71 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: were designed to show off her hard work. Now, the 72 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: problem is the film was poorly conceived, poorly written, and 73 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: awkwardly directed. They were still adding new scenes less than 74 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: a month before it hit theaters. One writer said the 75 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: problem was nobody in charge knew what movie they actually 76 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,559 Speaker 1: wanted to make. Hallie as Catwoman won the Razzie Award 77 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: for Worst Actress, and to her credit, she showed up 78 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: in person to pick it up. In her acceptance speech, 79 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: she said, I want to thank Warner Brothers for putting 80 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: me in this god awful piece of crap. That wasn't 81 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: the word she used. She later admitted she just did 82 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: it for the paycheck. Another terrible superhero flick, George Clooney 83 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: played Batman in Batman and Robin. His costume included bat 84 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: nipples and there was a terrible storyline and he has 85 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: no problem admitting it. In several interviews, he said, it 86 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: is a terrible film. I always apologize for it. He 87 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: even jokes that he destroyed the franchise for a good decade. 88 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: There are plenty of actors who had roles in really 89 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: huge blockbusters who also weren't proud of their work. Rob 90 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: Pattinson became a star thanks to the Twilight film series, 91 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: but later said it was a franchise he'd mindlessly hate 92 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: if he hadn't been the star. He said he found 93 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: the character of Edward Cullen to be a one hundred 94 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: eight year old virgin stalker and kind of questioned the 95 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: script's logic. He told an interviewer, the more I read 96 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: the script, the more I hated this guy. He claimed 97 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: he only smiled in publicity interviews because he was paid to. 98 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: Ben Affleck made the two thousand and three flick Daredevil, 99 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: and while it made a healthy one hundred eighty million 100 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: dollars at the box office, he claims it's the only 101 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: movie he's ever regretted making, and that's saying a lot 102 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: for a guy who made the god awful flick Jelly 103 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: with his then fiancee j Loo. And there were so 104 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: many others. Tom Cruise was disappointed in Legend, Meryl Street 105 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: sorry about her acting in the French Lieutenant's Woman, Viola 106 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: Davis was disappointed in the message of The Help, and 107 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: Kate Winslet was just upset by working with disgraced directors 108 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: like Roman Polansky and Woody Allen. The thing is a 109 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: lot of these folks were young and looking to build 110 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: their reputation, or maybe they just needed the money, or 111 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: maybe they didn't feel strong enough to speak up when 112 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: they had the chance. We all make choices, right, all 113 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: of which is great lesson for the rest of us 114 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: about staying true to our passion and speaking up when 115 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: we really feel the urge. Again, I want to thank 116 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: Steve Kingston for suggesting this storyline. I hope you like 117 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: the backstory with Patty Steele. Please leave a review I 118 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: would love it if you would subscribe or follow for 119 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: free to get new episodes delivered automatically, and also feel 120 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: free to DM me if you have a story you'd 121 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: like me to cover Steve did. On Facebook, It's Patty 122 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele. 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