Michael J. Fox ndiye akatanga kutorwa kuti atambe Marty McFly, asi akazvipira kuita mutambo weFamily Ties. Mugadziri weFamily Ties Gary David Goldberg akanzwa kuti Fox aive akakosha pakubudirira kwechiratidziro cha1985. Nemumwe mutambi Meredith Baxter pazororo rekuzvara, akaramba kubvumidza Fox nguva yekushanda pafirimu. Kudzokera kuRamangwana pakutanga kwakarongerwa kuburitswa muna Chivabvu 1985 uye kwaive mukupera kwa1984 pavakaziva kuti Fox haizokwanise kutamba mufirimu. Zemeckis's anotevera sarudzo mbiri aive C. Thomas Howell naEric Stoltz. Stoltz akafadza vagadziri zvakakwana nemutambi wake wekare waRoy L. Dennis muMask (iyo yaifanira kuburitswa) zvekuti vakamusarudza kuti atambe Marty McFly.
Marty McFly