Why haven't Christopher Lloyd and Robert Zemeckis made any more films together after Back to the Future 3?

The interpreter of Doc nevertheless loved filming under the direction of the filmmaker.

TMC will finish its rebroadcast of the trilogy this evening Back to the future. A sequel in which Marty (Michael J. Fox) and Doc (Christopher Lloyd) return to the time of westerns. In the Premiere Classics n°15 (April-June 2021, with Inspector Harry on cover)the latter looked back at length on his career.

Lloyd reveals that he would have loved to find Robert Zemeckis on a new project after this successful saga. Explaining that he initially refused Back to the futurebefore being convinced by his wife to accept the offer from director and producer Steven Spielberg, he explains that he particularly appreciated their collaboration: “(Zemeckis) is someone very 'TRUE'very clever. He has a keen point of view on what works and what doesn't work in cinema. I was obviously not aware of the enormous potential of Back to the future but in talking to Bob, I began to understand Doc's character, and I could see that he knew exactly what he wanted to do. But at the same time, he remained open to all proposals. I remember timidly submitting to him the idea of ​​Doc Brown's long, tousled hair (…) He just said to me: 'Okay, that's perfect!' Confident but ready to listen to others. Robert Zemeckis inspires confidence: filming with him was obvious.”

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Hence our question: why did you no longer tour under his direction after the release of Back to the Future 3in 1990? Especially since the two men had in the meantime teamed up again to Who wants Roger Rabbit's skin?released between Back to the future and its sequel, in 1988.

“Simply because he didn't ask me!, replies the actor. I imagine he never made other films where I would have found my place. All he has to do is call, I'll say 'yes' right away.” During the interview, he also admits to having feared that the role of Doc would stick too closely to him, following the crazy success of the three films: “I accepted it, but it worried me. I was afraid that I would be pigeonholed, that I would only be offered roles similar to Doc. And yet… I continued to be offered roles very different characters despite that I quickly realized that it was not an obstacle to my career, on the contrary: it opened up new possibilities for me. So obviously, Doc is the dominant role in my filmography, the one in which. the most people have seen me and to which I am always brought back. But I have no problem building on it as long as I have the freedom to do something else. And who knows? Maybe one day I'll find a role that will eclipse it.

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