Ben Stiller appears in unearthed footage with other Hollywood stars auditioning for Back To The Future – and what a different film it could have been -Lucy Norris-Entertainment – Metro

Ben Stiller shocked fans when his face appeared in vintage interview footage (Picture: Getty / Universal Pictures)

Ben Stiller joined a host of other famous faces that appeared in unearthed audition tapes for Back To The Future. 

The 57-year-old Hollywood star was shown running lines for the iconic 80s smash hit film as he auditioned for the part of Marty McFly. 

Posted to Twitter, a compilation video from decades ago reappeared and featured a plethora of A-listers reading for roles in the film. 

It was shared to an account with the username All The Right Movies and carried a caption that read: ‘Great footage of cast auditions for BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985), featuring some very familiar faces.’ 

The clip began with an extremely young Billy Zane, now 57, acting out scenes as the movie’s antagonist Biff Tannen – ultimately played by Thomas F. Wilson in the finished project. 

It moved on and viewers watched as 21 Jump Street’s Peter DeLuise, 57, read for the same role as Billy. 

The A-listers battled it out for the main parts in the film (Picture: Universal Pictures / Twitter)

Next came Kyra Sedgwick, 57, who auditioned for the part of Jennifer Parker at the time – a character that was later embodied by Claudia Wells. 

C. Thomas Howell, 56, was also part of the vintage footage as he put himself forward for the main role of Marty McFly, who gave a platform to Michael J Fox when the film hit cinemas. 

Jon Cryer, 58, followed the star in pursuing the lead part and read his lines in the montage that was doing the rounds on social media. 

Billy and Peter were up for the part of Biff (Picture: Universal Pictures / Twitter)

Kyra wanted to play Jennifer (Picture: Universal Pictures / Twitter)

Ben audition for the lead role of Marty (Picture: Twitter / All The Right Movies)

Last to make his appearance was none other than Along Came Polly actor Ben who was filmed trying his best to bag the role as a much younger version of himself. 

In the tape, the star could be heard reading lines that went like: ‘Lorraine, lately I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t know anything about my parents,’ in response to the character’s mother, Lorriane – who was played by Lea Thompson – in the blockbuster. 

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Ben continued: ‘Have you ever been, like, in a situation where … well, you know you have to act a certain way but when you get there, you’re not sure you can really go through with it?’

The set of famous actors’ auditions was released as part of the Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy set.

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