History Main / TheOtherMarty

* ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'': For the 2014 reboot, initially Stephen Russell (the voice actor of the protagonist Garrett in the original saga) was called to record the trailer shots and even some preliminary parts of the videogame. Then he was officially replaced by Romano Orzari, who redubbed the trailers. Both versions of the trailers are still available. The reason was that the developers wanted to record voices, facial animations, and movements with full performance capture technique, and Russell was too old to perform the required stunts (not counting that his voice aged noticeably).

* Shadow is voiced by David Humphrey in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. However, during the final battle, a few of his lines are voiced by Creator/RyanDrummond, Sonic's voice actor. According to Drummond, this happened because of labor laws with the Screen Actor's Guild. An actor is paid for a full day of work no matter how long they're in the studio, and when the leave the studio, that's considered to be a full day's work. Sega had forgotten to have Humphrey record some of Shadow's lines, but since he had already left, they'd be required to pay him another full day for only a few lines. When Drummond showed up for work later that day, Sega asked him to impersonate Humphrey to save some money.
* ''VideoGame/Thief'': For the 2014 reboot, initially Stephen Russell (the voice actor of the protagonist Garrett in the original saga) was called to record the trailer shots and even some preliminary parts of the videogame. Then he was officially replaced by Romano Orzari, who redubbed the trailers. Both versions of the trailers are still available. The reason was that the developers wanted to record voices, facial animations, and movements with full performance capture technique, and Russell was too old to perform the required stunts (not counting that his voice aged noticeably).

* For ''[[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Gears of War 2]]'', due to the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike]], Creator/JohnDiMaggio was briefly replaced by Texas-based Creator/ChristopherSabat as Marcus Fenix was who has confirmed that he did some recording for the game. Sabat's performance ultimately went unused once the strike was resolved, allowing DiMaggio to reprise his role.

* For ''[[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Gears of War 2]]'', due to the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike]], Marcus Fenix was briefly recast to the Texas-based Creator/ChristopherSabat, who has confirmed that he did some recording for the game. Once the strike was resolved, Creator/JohnDiMaggio was free to reprise his role, and Sabat's performance went unused.

** Michel Legrand as replaced by Music/JohnWilliams on 1973's ''The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing''. Wynton Marsalis played the Other Marty to Williams on ''Film/{{Rosewood}}''. (Williams has yet to play The Other Marty himself.)

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. But in all seriousness, done incorrectly, this may lead to TheyChangedItNowItSucks.

* The 2024 Broadway revival of ''Theatre{{Doubt}}'' was originally supposed to star Creator/TyneDaly as Sister Aloysius, but a hospitalization shortly before previews were set to begin led to the part being recast with ''Creator/AmyRyan''

Named for one of the more famous examples. Originally, Creator/EricStoltz was cast as Marty [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''. 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.

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. Sometimes to make up for the actor getting recast by a different actor, the producers will sometimes [[CastTheRunnerUp cast the previous actor in a different role for the same film]]. 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.

* ''Theatre/CompanySondheim'' 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.

** Silvestri went on to play The Other Marty[[note]]Which is only fair, given that he scored the TropeMaker![[/note]], to none other than Music/DannyElfman on ''Film/MissionImpossible1996''