23 MARTY McFLY
Congratulations on Marty McFly making the list, Michael.
It’s funny — I never thought of Marty in terms of being heroic. He’s more Robin than Batman. But it’s a real treat. It was a huge gift I was given in my career.
Famously, you replaced Eric Stoltz several weeks into filming, while you were making sitcom Family Ties.
Yeah. [producer] Gary David Goldberg called me into his office, and said, “I have this script from [executive producer] Steven [Spielberg] and [director] Bob [Zemeckis] and [co-writer] Bob [Gale]. I said, “That’s great.” One week later I was on set with flames running
