History Main / TheOtherMarty

** Silvestri went on to play The Other Marty to none other than Music/DannyElfman on ''Film/MissionImpossible1996''

In a more general business sense, the use of {{Stunt Double}}s and set doubles means that often we are not seeing the actual actor in as many scenes as we may believe. In animation, character models may be [[ArtEvolution changed and updated]] as work progresses and completed footage may end with glimpses of that original character. Likewise, while replacing voice actors for an animated work is common, sometimes these actors are also made to go back to re-record and replace the voice of older episodes of a show so that when the older episode is re-run, the new actor's voice is heard just for the sake of consistency.

In a more general business sense, the use of {{Stunt Double}}s and set doubles means that often we are not seeing the actual actor in as many scenes as we may believe. In animation, character models may be [[ArtEvolution changed and updated]] as work progresses and completed footage may end with glimpses of that original character. Likewise, while replacing voice actors for an animated work is common, sometimes these actors are also made to go back to re-record and replace the voice of older episodes of a show so that when the older episode is re-run, the new actor's voice is heard.

* A parody example is ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Homestar Runner / Strong Bad Email]]'' #177 [[https://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/original Original]], where Strong Bad retcons casting changes for Bubs and fabricates various behind the scenes conflicts and fan reactions. [[HilarityEnsues Pummeling Ensues]] when Bubs finds out.

** Male Byleth was voiced by Creator/ChrisNiosi in both ''Three Houses'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''. After his own indiscretions with the NDA, his lines were scrubbed from ''Heroes'' and he was replaced by Creator/ZachAguilar, with his replacement voicelines included in Update 3.7.1 in ''Heroes'', and Patch 1.0.2 in ''Three Houses''. Aguliar's lines were also used when Byleth appeared as a DLC character in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.

** Ron Goodwin re-did scores on at least two occasions. In ''Film/BattleOfBritain'' he replaced Sir William Walton's score, although one Walton cue was retained after his friend Creator/LaurenceOlivier threatened to take his name off the film. Then he was brought in for ''Film/{{Frenzy}}'' after Creator/AlfredHitchcock rejected Music/HenryMancini's score for being "too macabre" (an odd justification, since it's a movie about a SerialKiller[[note]]This would be Mancini's only rejected score.[[/note]]).

* According to [[WordOfGod Time Cain]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkXOppoyJaM his video]] about the voice acting for ''VideoGame/Fallout1'', the minor character Cabbot was set to be voiced by an apparently well-known actor at the time, but after realizing he couldn't do voice acting well, Creator/RichardMoll was brought in on short notice to do it instead. Cain respectfully did not say who the original VA was meant to be.

** The majority of the drums on the ''Music/{{Dynasty}}'' and ''Music/{{Unmasked}}'' albums were played by Anton Fig, best known as the drummer for David Letterman's house band.

Casting can be a tricky thing. You don't always get it right at first, and it so happens you might replace an actor after having them already film a substantial amount of the film. That means for all important scenes involving that actor you have to reshoot it with your new performer. In some cases, quick shots of the original actor may find their way into the final cut, though you'd probably only notice this if you paused on those shots. It is, of course, much easier to pull off the Other Marty in animation and voice-only roles.

*** For the ''II.5'' version of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', the Mysterious Figure OptionalBoss’s VoiceGrunting by Creator/DavidGallagher is replaced with recordings from Creator/BenDiskin, who has been his main voice actor since his starring role in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''.

* Hwang in ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' was originally voiced by Creator/LucienDodge for his appearance as a [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]] in Seong Mi-na's Soul Chronicle. [[PromotedToPlayable Once he became a DLC character]], however, the role was recast to [[Creator/ProZD SungWon Cho]], who also re-recorded all of Dodge's lines for the character's aforementioned story appearances.

* ''Theatre/{{Company}}'' initially starred Dean Jones in the role of Bobby Baby, and he even recorded the role on the cast album. However, right after opening night, Jones departed due to suffering a nervous breakdown from his divorce. He was replaced by Larry Kert, best known for originating the role of Tony in ''Theatre/WestSideStory''. As a result, Kert was nominated for a Tony, making it a rare case for a replacement receiving a nomination.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI'': Lord Byron Rosfield was originally supposed to be voiced by Creator/StephenCritchlow, but due to his passing in 2021, the role was recast with Ewan Bailey providing the voice and Critchlow still being credited alongside his replacement.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy2015'', outsourced to a different company with a different art team to the previous ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia|FinalFantasy}}'' games, reportedly had serious problems getting [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] to look right. Early trailers for the game showed a somewhat shiny, elfin-looking Cloud which met with negative reception amongst members of staff, who complained that "something was off" about him and that he looked creepy. One person from Team Ninja complained in an interview with ''Famitsu'' that they 'must have remade Cloud's face a hundred times' due to inability to get him to look like the character.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'''s lengthy TroubledProduction and numerous rewrites resulted in a lot of these:
*** Early promo material focused heavily on Noctis's girlfriend, Stella Nox Fleuret, who was hyped up as having a strong, SilkHidingSteel personality and the most important role in the story. Her charismatic design and comparisons to previous fan favorite Celes from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' led to the fanbase getting attached to her. As ''XV'''s DevelopmentHell creaked on, it was {{Retool}}ed into a game about [[BoyBand four guys on a road trip]], and Stella's role became ancillary. Feeling that it would be disrespectful to Stella and the fans to [[StayInTheKitchen use her in a drastically diminished role]], she was replaced with a new character called Lunafreya Nox Fleuret.
*** Emperor Iedolas Aldercapt was originally going to be voiced by Shinji Ogawa. After Ogawa's death during the game's development, his dialogue was rerecorded by Creator/ShozoIizuka.
*** The game also ran into problems where InkSuitActor child actors would age out of being able to perform their roles by the time rewrites necessitated new recordings, requiring recasts.

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Named for one of the more famous examples. Originally, Creator/EricStoltz was cast as Marty [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. However, after a good portion of the movie was filmed, the filmmakers, Bob Gale and Creator/RobertZemeckis, decided that Stoltz's performance was too dark, and he was replaced by Creator/MichaelJFox. Gale and Zemeckis had actually wanted Fox from the start, but scheduling conflicts due to his work on ''Series/FamilyTies'' prevented him from accepting the role. In the final cut of the movie, Stoltz can be seen driving the [=DeLorean=] in wide shots of the car chase at the mall, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=180&v=0JGNkfdFy-8 and it's his fist punching Biff Tannen in the diner.]] According to the 2015 documentary ''Back in Time'', in a lot of the shots that don't have Marty onscreen, but the other actors are reacting to him, it's Stoltz who's actually in these scenes.

* The original ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'' had an actor named Eric Kincaid playing the role of Shang Tsung. When the developers realized that Shang Tsung had fewer moves and animations than they needed for the final boss, Ho-Sung Pak, who played the protagonist Liu Kang, was brought in to recording additional frames in the same outfit. Since Ho-Sung Pak posed for the majority of the animation frames, only he was credited in the final version, but some of Kincaid's poses were still used.

* The original ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' had an actor named Eric Kincaid playing the role of Shang Tsung. When the developers realized that Shang Tsung had fewer moves and animations than they needed for the final boss, Ho-Sung Pak, who played the protagonist Liu Kang, was brought in to recording additional frames in the same outfit. Since Ho-Sung Pak posed for the majority of the animation frames, only he was credited in the final version, but some of Kincaid's poses were still used.

** Impressively, Music/AlanSilvestri replaced [[Series/TwinPeaks Angelo Badalementi]] ''twice'' - on ''Shattered'' and then on ''Film/{{Identity}}''.

** One of the main protagonists of ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', Masayoshi Tanimura, was recast for the [=PlayStation 4=] re-release after his original voice actor and model, Hiroki Narimiya, was accused of drug abuse, with Toshiki Masuda being brought on to provide Tanimura's voice and likeness.

*** For the ''II.5'' version of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', the Mysterious Figure BonusBoss’s VoiceGrunting by Creator/DavidGallagher is replaced with recordings from Creator/BenDiskin, who has been his main voice actor since his starring role in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''.

%%* This also happens on TV series - ''Series/{{CHiPs}}'', ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' and ''Series/TheRatPatrol'' all went through it musically.

** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy2015'', outsourced to a different company with a different art team to the previous ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia|FinalFantasy}}'' games, reportedly had serious problems getting [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] to look right. Early trailers for the game showed a somewhat shiny, elfin-looking Cloud which met with negative reception amongst members of staff, who complained that "something was off" about him and that he looked [[UncannyValley creepy]]. One person from Team Ninja complained in an interview with ''Famitsu'' that they 'must have remade Cloud's face a hundred times' due to inability to get him to look like the character.

Named for one of the more famous examples. Originally, Creator/EricStoltz was cast as Marty [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. However, after a good portion of the movie was filmed, the filmmakers, Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, decided that Stoltz's performance was too dark, and he was replaced by Creator/MichaelJFox. Gale and Zemeckis had actually wanted Fox from the start, but scheduling conflicts due to his work on ''Series/FamilyTies'' prevented him from accepting the role. In the final cut of the movie, Stoltz can be seen driving the [=DeLorean=] in wide shots of the car chase at the mall, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=180&v=0JGNkfdFy-8 and it's his fist punching Biff Tannen in the diner.]] According to the 2015 documentary ''Back in Time'', in a lot of the shots that don't have Marty onscreen, but the other actors are reacting to him, it's Stoltz who's actually in these scenes.

** Due to Rutger Hauer passing away before he could record his lines for the ''Re:Mind'' DLC of ''Kingdom Hearts III'', Master Xehanort was recast as Christopher Lloyd for that DLC episode, providing not only new lines exclusive to the DLC, but new takes to some of the dialogue Hauer had already performed.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series had this happen two times retroactively due to Japan's culture of companies summarily axing and distancing themselves from talent that get into trouble with the law on drug charges:

* Hwang in ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' was originally voiced by Creator/LucienDodge for his appearance as a [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]] in Seong Mi-na's Soul Chronicle. [[PromotedToPlayable Once he became a DLC character]], however, the role was recast to [[Creator/ProZD SungWoo Cho]], who also re-recorded all of Dodge's lines for the character's aforementioned story appearances.

* Fans were allowed to watch the first episode of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: Zero'' during RTX at Home 2020, in which the henchman Diesel was voiced by Ryan Haywood. Due to the controversial circumstances around him that led to his subsequent departure from Creator/RoosterTeeth, he was replaced by Daman Mills by the time the season actually came out. The only way to hear Haywood's performance is through reaction videos recorded during that early showing.

** Pierre Taki originally portrayed Kyohei Hamura in ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'', but after an arrest on suspicion of drug possession, Sega pulled the game from shelves for a time until they could change the character so that he no longer bared Taki's likeness.

** The majority of the drums on the ''Dynasty'' and ''Unmasked'' albums were played by Anton Fig, best known as the drummer for David Letterman's house band.
** Many times, they brought in other guitarists to fill in for Ace. Most notably, many of the studio tracks on ''Alive II'' and the "reunion" album, ''Psycho Circus'', were handled by longtime friend of the band, Bob Kulick (Bob's brother, Bruce, would play in the band from 1984 to 1996).
** Their only album with Mark St. John on guitar, ''Animalize'', had two songs (Lonely Is The Hunter, Murder In High Heels) with his future replacement, Bruce Kulick, playing lead guitar.