![]() ![]() Personally, I think he's trying too hard to avoid all the nostalgia that has surrounded Back to the Future, but I also can't entirely imagine what it's like to be in his position where he's constantly recognized for this one particular role. However, just because the character was inspired by Biff, doesn't mean that Wilson's performance was informed by the real Trump, so that's what he's really trying to say.įrom my perspective though, he's being a little too grumpy and defensive about the situation for a guy who has done everything he can to distance himself from the franchise that made him a well-known actor, for better or worse. ![]() If you read our initial story, you can see that this isn't simply a meme that's going around claiming links between 1985 Biff Tannen and Donald Trump, but actual word from screenwriter Bob Gale. I've been a working actor for decades, and, though I realize I can't fight the internet, I'm going to tell the truth. Standing at 63, Wilson guested on episodes of the television shows Knight Rider and The Facts of Life before landing the role of Biff for Back to the Future. UPDATE: For what it's worth, Tom Wilson, who has tried very hard to distance himself from Back to the Future and currently works as a touring stand-up comedian, had this to say on his Facebook page: "My friends who care to listen, The internet meme that my characterization of Biff was based on Donald Trump is completely false, and ignorant. At the very least, there was a good Donald Trump dig in Jimmy Kimmel's extensive Back to the Future Day bit from Wednesday night. It's a shame there's no live show this weekend after all the Back to the Future Day festivities, but they can still make up for it. Since Trump is h osting Saturday Night Live in November, I hope the writers take advantage of this revelation from Bob Gale and do some kind of Back to the Future sketch with Trump as Biff Tannen. After all, while Trump may be arrogant and insulting about a lot of things, it would take a lot for him to turn the United States into a dystopian wasteland like alternate 1985 Hill Valley. However, no matter how anyone hates Trump opening his mouth in the political arena and getting any traction as a real presidential candidate, the comparison feels a little harsh. The Daily Beast adds: "Of course, in the movie, Biff uses the profits from his 27-story casino (the Trump Plaza Hotel, completed in 1984, is 37 floors, by the way) to help shake up the Republican Party, before eventually assuming political power himself, helping transform Hill Valley, California, into a lawless, dystopian wasteland, where hooliganism reigns, dissent is quashed, and wherein Biff encourages every citizen to call him 'America's greatest living folk hero.'" We'll let Gale answer the question more fully: "We thought about it when we made the movie! Are you kidding? You watch Part II again and there's a scene where Marty confronts Biff in his office and there's a huge portrait of Biff on the wall behind Biff, and there's one moment where Biff kind of stands up and he takes exactly the same pose as the portrait? Yeah. THE actor who played Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future movies has a unique way of dealing with overly inquisitive fans. But Biff also owns a casino and hotel, shakes up the Republican party and eventually becomes a powerful politician, all after obtaining seemingly endless riches, thanks to the Grey's Sports Almanac from the future. So I had a lot of fun with that.The visual comparisons alone are worth pointing out, right down to the terrible hair and orange tint on his skin. It was the third time's a charm for "Part III," Wilson's favorite as he said in 2015, "because who doesn't want to come into a saloon with those doors, and just because you walk in like everyone just falls silent, chairs and tables clear out, just because you're standing there, that's pretty cool. Meatier action and endless make-up came calling for Wilson in "Back to the Future Part II," playing 1955 Biff, the voice of Biff's grandmother Gertrude, Biff's future grandson Griff, crotchety old man Biff, and super bad alternate universe Biff ( writer Bob Gale said he was modeled after Donald Trump, but Wilson said his performance was not). He thought he blew it, but he got the role. There’s nothing Donald Trump-ish about Biff in Back to the Future 1, Gale says. Wilson) was based on the pre-presidential Donald Trump.In short: Part 1 Biff, no but Part 2 Biff, completely. Actual acting jobs were hard to come by, but density (um, destiny) came calling after seven or so auditions for the role of Biff in "Back to the Future." During his final callback, he lost his cool, channeled the people that bullied him, and dragged and tossed Crispin Glover all over the room in front of the judging eyes of Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. Back to the Future: The Animated Series Inventeur fou et génial, Doc a construit une machine à voyager dans le temps en bricolant une DeLorean. Gale also clarified headlines that have floated around the Future-verse in recent years: That seminal bully Biff Tannen (Thomas F.
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