Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh Was Almost Doc Brown in ‘Back to the Future,’ but Just Wanted to Score It

When speaking at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival about their new documentary, DEVO co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh recounted the time he was approached by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg to play Doc Brown in 1985's "Back to the Future."
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[@yournamehere6002]

He looks like Doc Brown now

[@Miauwen_]

I think about this so often😭how did we nearly get mark mothersbaugh as doc brown

[@mr.kamikaze._xd]

hey

[@RobertHunt-tn4jz]

Predestination some can dream some can make dreams come true only certain ones can be in that one part of History and there has to be disappointment if he had been Dr Brown I still would have accepted it any movie I go see I want to go see

[@scottbrown9507]

Is he talking about back to the future 2? The first movie was released in 1985. The palace show was in 1988. That would not make any sense at all. Devo didn't do any live shows from 1983-1987.

[@VanielDeeform]

It was definitely casting for BTTF 1. He said this was a sit down show, so it might've been a rare exception. Surely they must've played live at least once between that time.