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Who was originally cast to play Marty in Back to the Future?

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Look, it’s difficult to imagine anyone besides Michael J. Fox squeaking their way through Back to the Future — I get that. But the fact is, he very nearly was never in this movie.

So who was originally cast as Marty?

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