Not in a "skeletons in the closet" type of way, but more of a "Let's paint a volcano together to prepare for a scene" type of weird. The eccentric actor, writer, and filmmaker, since attaining stardom as George McFly in Robert Zemeckis' revolutionary Back To The Future , has crafted an image for himself thanks to the mystery and strangeness that surrounds him.
After finding so many fascinating tidbits of information on Crispin Glover, I thought I'd share them so that everyone can see the amazingly bizarre actor for the borderline genius that he is. It's no secret that Crispin Glover's involvement in the Back To The Future franchise is a little messy, especially when you consider that not only was his character, George McFly, recast between the first and second movies, but the producers continued to use his likeness through the use of heavy makeup and obscured views of his replacement, Jeffrey Weissman.
Glover didn't return for Back To The Future Part II for a number of different reasons, depending on who you ask , but one thing that remains the same is the fact that his replacement looks like his twin albeit in odd makeup. During a appearance on The Sam Roberts Show , Crispin Glover explained that the producers took the molds used to create the older version of George McFly and created the prosthetic that was used to transform Jeffrey Weissman into a strange version of Glover, stating:.
It is normal [for makeup artists to keep the molds], but it is not normal to have a different actor in that person's face. In fact, that was only the beginning. One year after the release, Crispin Glover and Doug Kari, his attorney at the time, filed a lawsuit against Universal Pictures for essentially making a mask out of his old makeup molds and slapping it on another actor.
In a profile on the lawsuit in the Hollywood Reporter, Kari revealed one of the reasons why he and his former client wanted to proceed with the case, stating:. Jeffrey [Weissman] told me a story one day, [executive producer] Steven Spielberg walked on set and laughed and said, 'Hey Crispin, I see you got your million.
The Hollywood Reporter piece goes on to explain that the company insuring Universal eventually pushed for the studio to settle after Glover's legal team was given the approval to depose Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Michael J.
Fox, Steven Spielberg, and other members of the production team. Back when Crispin Glover was very much still a part of Back To The Future , he and co-star Leah Thompson agreed to get together one night to the work on their lines for the film's final scene which Glover hated, by the way.
Thompson recalled the meeting in a interview with the Hollywood Reporter where she revealed the rather unique styling of Glover's apartment and method of preparation, stating:.
The night before we were supposed to do [the scene], he invited me over to his all black apartment; black lacquer floors, ceilings, everything. The way he wanted to prepare for that scene is that we were going to paint a volcano together, which we then did.
I thought that was the most awesome preparation to play a character ever. When not talking about Crispin Glover's appearance in Back To The Future one of the topics of discussion regarding the actor's past is his infamous interview with David Letterman on Late Night.
Through his own company, Volcanic Eruptions, Glover has published several very different books. Rat Catching is a reconfiguration of an British textbook.
Glover cut out pictures and text and then re-pasted them together as a form of artistic collage. In , Glover released Oak-Mot. He took an obscure novel by an Ohio pastor and then pointedly blacked out large swaths of text and added in his own handwritten notes.
Glover calls the book , "a tale of epic proportions involving pride and prejudice. In , Glover wrote, directed, and produced What Is It? The film involves a group of people living with Down syndrome, snails, a man afraid of castration Glover , and a telepathic doll. Glover has stated that the film is about his "psychological reaction to the corporate restraints" that stifle filmmaking.
Everything is Fine! This film stars actor Steven C. Stewart in an "autobiographical, psychosexual, fantastical" telling of Stewart's own story of living with cerebral palsy. Universal was eager to make a sequel, but Zemeckis and Gale were reluctant to go back to the well. They saw Back to the Future as a stand-alone story. Eventually they gave in when they realized a sequel would move forward with or without their involvement.
Reeves and company played a group of teens who discover that one of their friends has murdered another one of their classmates. Each of the kids reacts to the news differently. He was so out there that Sarah and I were a little nervous about what he was doing. But we trusted him and felt like it would work out in the end.
Glover explained how he made the character his own. But I made the choice to play the character as a person who wanted people to believe that intentions of the character were sincere in order for positive attention to be put on to himself.
That is a different intention than what was written. The dialogue was not changed but the intentions was changed. It proved to be a divisive movie initially. People either embraced it or were very put off by it. The movie finally found a distributor at Sundance and was released in the United States to critical acclaim in The head of marketing at Island Pictures loved the movie.
Glover behaved erratically. He was wearing a wig and platform shoes. Letterman, who was accustomed to the antics of Andy Kaufman, did not seem to be amused by Glover. After proclaiming that he was strong, Glover challenged the late night host to arm wrestle. Whatever patience Letterman had with his guest evaporated instantly and he pulled the plug on the segment. This clearly delights the actor. When the subject comes up, he has a standard response. What do I make of it?
Obviously, Glover was on the Letterman show. He went on Late Night to provoke a response and boy did he.
At the time, there were rumors that Glover was out-of-his-mind on LSD. I remember hearing that he was the only guest ever to be banned by Letterman for life. This is a myth. In fact, Glover appeared on The Late Show again just a few weeks later.
The second appearance is still plenty goofy, but Glover is a bit more subdued. He stepped back from making movies for a couple of years to concentrate on other pursuits. When his record was released, Glover said he had fun with his weird talk show appearances, but he was ready to move on. On this appearance, Glover tries to convince Letterman that the person who attempted to karate kick him in was actually a look-alike named Rubin Farr.
Glover returned to acting in with the indie comedy, Twister. Not to be confused with the big budget disaster movie of the same name, Twister was about an eccentric family headed by Harry Dean Stanton. Virtually no one saw Twister on the big screen. It played in only two movie theaters for only a couple of weeks. Although audiences might not have realized that Glover was missing. As I said previously, no one expected there to be any sequels to Back to the Future.
As such, the actors were not contractually obligated to come back. He appears briefly in the second movie through the use of some movie trickery. Glover filed a lawsuit against Universal Pictures for violating his right of publicity.
Universal tried to get the judge to dismiss the case by claiming that they were trying to recreate the image of the character of George McFly rather than the actor who played him. Glover and his attorney argued that with advances in technology, this sort of thing would become more common in the future and protections were needed. At the urging of the judge, the case was settled out of court.
Rumor has it that Glover received around three quarters of the one million dollars he reportedly asked for. Since the case was settled, the Screen Actors Guild has adopted rules to prevent this sort of thing.
Glover claims that this was a direct result of his lawsuit although in reality there were other cases that could have been influential as well. The downside was that the lawsuit also gave Glover a reputation for being a difficult actor. Spielberg and Zemeckis are a couple of Hollywood heavyweights.
There are consequences to be paid for crossing them. Glover did eventually work with Zemeckis again on the motion capture movie, Beowulf but that was nearly two decades after the lawsuit was settled. Through the nineties, Glover found steady work playing supporting roles in the kinds of movies you would expect Crispin Glover to appear in.
He also got to work with one of his idols, David Lynch, on the movie, Wild at Heart. I went and saw Erasherhead at least 12 or 13 times at the Friday midnight shows at the Nuart Theater in Los Angeles in … I am very glad to have worked with David Lynch and he has been very nice to me professionally as an actor and filmmaker and personally as well.
He appeared in several indie movies including Rubin and Ed. Glover worked with several of the most respected filmmakers in Hollywood. Larry Flynt the following year.
The parts were small, but the movies were on brand. It is perhaps surprising then to see Glover pop up in a piece of crap comedy like Chasers which starred Tom Berenger and Baywatch babe Erika Eleniak. Glover admits that the indie movies he made helped define his public image.
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