The synthetic mask has since collapsed, though those gloves are still pretty kick ass. Though Teen Wolf didn’t loom nearly as largely as Back to the Future-with a brother ten years older, some of my earliest memories are the trilogy on a constant loop-my family still had a go-to Halloween costume of a werewolf mask with furry gloves and flannel shirt complete with sunglasses stored away. Even to this day, despite the mound of cheese Teen Wolf grates, I find the werewolf surfing atop a van undeniably delightful. His characters’ earnestness as well as their dissatisfied and often egotistical edge wheedled their way into my own personality. Fox was like another family member in my household. Between Marty McFly, Scott Howard, and Atlantis’s Milo Thatch, Michael J. Fox's Back to the Future success when promoting Teen Wolf.Selling Out and Coming Out in Teen Wolf (1985)Ĭontent warning: This article discusses homophobic language used in Teen Wolf (1985).Ī couple years ago, when I started to mull over the queerness rife within werewolf media, I sat down to watch Teen Wolf (1985) for the first time since childhood. Italy and Brazil shamelessly tried to capitalize on Michael J. Nobody involved with production noticed the basketball game attendee who briefly exposed himself until it was mentioned on VH1 several decades later. Nobody noticed the naughty extra who infamously exposed himself until years later. Daniel decided to keep the movie exclusively set in Nebraska (even though all scenes were shot in California.) 13. The only scene in the script that wasn’t shot was one in which the teen wolf would have a sit-down with Johnny Carson. Scott Howard was supposed to appear on The Tonight Show. Fox's charactre to dress like Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.įox was satisfied with the clothes Scott Howard was working with, and shut down any further talk of changing his style.

When they initially misspelled his name in the credits, it was Fox who made sure that the error was corrected. He sometimes wore the werewolf makeup for 12 hours, and could only eat milkshakes or soup. Loyola Marymount sophomore basketball player Jeff Glosser was much better, so he was hired as Fox's hoops double. Yes, even with two weeks of basketball coaching, Michael J. Fox wasn't a very good basketball player. Since his contract on the series was expiring, and he wanted to be available to promote the movie when it was released, the show’s producers decided to have his character get shot and fall out of a window.

Mark Arnold, who played Mick, played Joe Perkins on Santa Barbara after shooting Teen Wolf. Mark Arnold was killed off his soap opera in order to promote Teen Wolf. In 2008, Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Greg White changed his name to Stylez White because he loved the Teen Wolf character so much. An NFL player legally changed his name to Stylez after Teen Wolf's release. James Hampton initially auditioned to play Coach Finstock in Teen Wolf.īut it was called “ urban surfing.” Jerry Levine (who played Fox's best friend, Stiles) was actually on top of the van, secured with a wire. Rod’s son Lucas later said he had a great childhood because his father worked out his issues with his own dad by directing Teen Wolf. While other directorial candidates told Fox that the movie was about a werewolf, Rod Daniel said it was about a father and son.

Rod Daniel was hired as the director of Teen Wolf because he understood that it was about more than a teenage werewolf. After Fox became a superstar, a scene took longer to shoot than normal because female extras joyously screamed when the star walked out of the school. It was over the course of the shooting of the movie that NBC moved Family Ties to a new Thursday night time slot, launching it from the 17th most watched show in America to the second. Fox became famous during production on Teen Wolf. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainmentīoth 1957’s I Was a Teenage Werewolf and 1981’s Full Moon High beat Teen Wolf to the punch.

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