Michael J. Fox was always the first choice but initially they couldn't get the schedule to work, so they hired Eric Stoltz and filmed several scenes with him, but didn't like him so finally were able to work out a schedule with Fox. There were a ton of up and coming young actors who auditioned in the mean time.
Johnny Depp
Eric Stoltz
Charlie Sheen
George Newbern
Robert Downey Jr.
Ralph Macchio
John Cusack
C. Thomas Howell
Jon Cryer
Ben Stiller
Peter DeLuise
Billy Zane
Christopher Collet
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