The Truth of Crispin Glover’s BACK TO THE FUTURE Lawsuit

To Crispin's point, as someone who has watched these movies casually I never realized he wasn't the actor in Part 2.

"Hey you, get your damned hands off my likeness!" - George McFly

Won his lawsuit, but call it what it was: $760,000 in exchange for being blacklisted by Hollywood

A producer acting smarmy, lying and then blaming an actor? I’m shocked.

Dude i had no idea that wasn't him!!! They definitely succeeded in making people think he was in the movie

Man of all the cast members he aged the best 😮

They knew part II was going to be massive at the box office. They could have easily given him what he wanted. Greed, greed and greed!

“Love should be the reward” I like that.

Using the likeness of an actor without their permission is nowadays a discussion more relevant than ever. Generative AI used to emulate actors' voices and visual resemblance it's being used to cut budgets, but it's also an excuse for companies to get a bigger chunk of profit without compensating the artists. In the case of big names they are obviously being well compensated for being full scanned to the pore (for now), but emerging actors or extras are getting their faces' data scraped and being underpaid, less work just to feed the algorithms that will replace them.

They did Glover dirty on this one, and then acted like he was crazy to complain

I really appreciate the availability of this video and its more accurate representation of Clover's conflicts with the "Back to the Future" legal situation. In fact, this video showcases Clover in a rare form. Usually, we see the quirky essecentric, over-the-top fringe performer. Instead, we saw him as an articulate and sincere person with a definitive position to defend.

I think he has a valid point. I had no idea that he was replaced for the second movie.

Crispin as George McFly was one of the most interesting part of the movie characters. I always enjoy watching his performance in that movie.

I'm 46 and probably haven't seen BTTF2 since I was a child and I had no idea that Crispen wasn't in it until I saw this video. He had every right to sue.

I didn’t know he wasn’t in the sequel until I learned about the lawsuit. That’s messed up.

Crispin is an actor/actresses savior. He literally saved likeness issues. I 100% support his dialogue and feelings. Sacrificed his career essentially to give the future of others more stability. And, he easily should have been paid close to Fox. There is no BTtF without HIS portrayal of the character. That second movie was rancid, and nothing that actor did came close to how Crisp played it. Too clunky and forced.

His dispute is totally valid. I had no idea!

I’m with Glover on this one. As a child of the 80’s I always wondered why George McFly was dialed way back and every scene he was in seemed phoned in, it wasn’t until later in my life that I found out Glover wasn’t the one in the makeup.

Much respect to Crispin for refusing to back down & for standing up for individual rights.

This gives me more respect for Crispin here. He stood up for himself and what he believed in despite what he was up against and its effect on his career. It's a bold move most wouldn't make. It's really too bad they wouldn't just pay the man what he was worth. He was amazing in the first film.