‘Back to the Future’: Why Melora Hardin Was Fired After Michael J. Fox Replaced Eric Stoltz

Michelle Stein December 2, 2025, 11:23 am

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BACK TO THE FUTURE, Claudia Wells, Michael J. Fox — Universal/courtesy Everett Collection

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Melora Hardin was fired from Back to the Future after Michael J. Fox replaced Eric Stoltz as the lead, and the reason was pretty infuriating.

In Fox’s new memoir, Future Boy, the actor behind Marty McFly in the iconic film trilogy opened up about how he was the reason Hardin’s role as Jennifer Parker was recast. Hardin, as it turned out, was “too tall” to be Fox’s romantic interest in the 1985 film.

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