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Elisabeth Shue is my favorite version Jennifer Parker . . .

posted 9 years ago by cleargraphics
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I have to admit that Elisabeth Shue is my favorite version Jennifer Parker in the Back to the Future trilogy.

[–] buddyboy28 9 years ago

Both did fine with a minor role I thought.

I don't compare them because Claudia Wells played a Jennifer in normal circumstances, and Shue had to play her in extraordinary circumstances. Wells might have been out of place for the sequels and vice versa.

I just wish Shue had looked like she did in Cocktail and Adventures In Babysitting with her natural hair. Gorgeous.

2015? You mean we're in the future!

[–] cleargraphics 9 years ago

Why did Elisabeth Shue have to replace Claudia Wells in BTTF II and III?

[–] buddyboy28 9 years ago

Family commitments I think. Apparently her mum was very ill at the time.

2015? You mean we're in the future!

[–] cleargraphics 9 years ago

Thanks.

[–] Magic93 9 years ago

Nah, I think Claudia was way cuter and played the role better. She looked more like Marty's type too.

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That's putting it mildly, OO7

[–] cleargraphics 9 years ago

Claudia was some high grade casting in the first BTTF. I liked her a lot.

[–] Joel_S 9 years ago

Claudia Wells was cuter and was and looked/acted like a real teenage girl in the 1st BTTF. Elisabeth Shue looked too old, she seemed like what she was, a 25 year old woman pretending to be a teenager with clothes that were 4-5 years out of date in 1989/1990. The irony though, is that Elisabeth Shue aged better, despite being a few years older then Claudia Wells. Shue looks fantastic today in her early 50s, while Wells in her later 40s looks kinda haggard.

[–] dharmacrown 8 years ago

agree with Magic93.

[–] freebird1987 9 years ago

I prefer Claudia Wells as Jennifer.