![]() Stoltz met Tarantino at Sundance Film Festival while the latter was there with “Reservoir Dogs,” and the two became friends. In the ‘90s, Stoltz became involved with the flourishing independent film scene, including one of his best-known roles as drug dealer Lance in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction.” It’s not like, “‘Hey, what happened on that great date you had?’” “But by the same token, you don’t want to relive it. “I mean, that’s part of the business, and you don’t take it personally,” Stoltz said. Though Stoltz imagines those tough experiences were formative as well, he doesn't think about them often. He was famously cast as the initial lead of “Back to the Future” and filmed for about a month before Michael J. It wasn’t Stoltz’s first experience with on-set changes. “But he wasn’t an easy man, certainly not on that film with that group of actors and crew.” Hughes, I will give him this, he was passionate about what he wanted,” Stoltz said. Hughes fired an earlier director and most of the cast and made numerous changes, down to Stoltz’s haircut. He had another leading role in “Some Kind of Wonderful,” written by teen movie master John Hughes, but Stoltz said that wasn’t as happy of an experience. ![]() “But it was also a phenomenal learning experience for me, and it ignited a love of film.” “Of course, he would point out scenes that related to the film that we were making, so it wasn’t entirely altruistic,” Stoltz said. Stoltz said he was influenced by the work of Cameron Crowe, who directed him in the hit films “Say Anything,” “Singles” and “Jerry Maguire,” and how Crowe loved every character, no matter how flawed, such as the white-collar criminal father in “Say Anything.”Īnother big influence on him was working with legendary director Peter Bogdanovich on “Mask,” where Stoltz played real-life teen “Rocky” Dennis, who was afflicted with a bone disorder. Stoltz’s first lead role, it earned him a Golden Globe nomination.īogdanovich invited Stoltz, Laura Dern and other young actors to his house, where he screened classic films by directors such as Howard Hawks and Orson Welles, and would tell stories about them. “I just loved the people in it - I loved the high school kids, I loved the grown-ups, I loved what it was saying about trying to change your world.” “Usually when you’re sent a script blind, you think ‘Oh boy, here comes trouble,’ but I read it and instantly fell in love with it,” Stoltz said in a phone interview. Though best known as an actor, Stoltz has also directed films and television shows such as “Glee” and “Madame Secretary.” After reading about Stoltz enjoying working with young actors on “Glee,” the “Class Rank” screenwriter sent his script to him. ![]() Oscar nominee Bruce Dern and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth are also in the film. “Class Rank” follows two teens (Skyler Gisondo and Olivia Holt) who team up to run for school board. The Golden Globe-nominated actor and director visits Sarasota Film Festival on Friday with opening night film “Class Rank,” and will participate in the festival’s In Conversation With series Saturday. ![]() After rising to fame playing a teen in movies such as “Mask” and “Some Kind of Wonderful,” Eric Stoltz comes to Sarasota with a high school film he directed.
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