"They Fired Me Because I Wanted To Go Home For Christmas And Be With My Family": 18 Actors Who Got Sacked In The Middle Of Filming 0 01.07.2024 06:15 BuzzFeed In Back to the Future, Claudia Wells was recast as Marty McFly's girlfriend because she was taller than Michael J. Fox. A pair of female executives allegedly "felt that it emasculated their lead character to have a taller girlfriend."View Entire Post ›