Candy was cast to play Sam Slaton, but due to conflicting schedules, Candy couldn't film the role, and recommended Joe Flaherty from SCTV. Candy later told Zemeckis that he was glad he didn't get the role because he would have ruined every take of the scene he was in with Al Lewis.
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