Watch out for the full moon! Werewolves don’t have the same glamorous reputation as their vampire counterparts, but that hasn’t stopped Hollywood from churning out plenty of movies and TV shows about shapeshifting creatures.
One of the most famous lycanthropes on the big screen is Scott Howard, aka Teen Wolf, played by michael fox In the 1985 film of the same name. The hit comedy spawned a sequel (teen wolf too) later became the inspiration for the MTV series teen wolfreturning to screens as a movie in January 2023 six years after the series finale.
although teen wolf Still in production, Fox found a role that would make him a movie star: Marty McFly back to the Future. At one point, he shot two films at the same time. “He will leave teen wolf Set at 4pm, ran down the street to South Pasadena where they filmed back to the Future Shooting from 5pm until midnight and coming back to us at 7am the next morning,” teen wolf Producer Scott Rosenfelt August 2020 told Yahoo Entertainment. “Michael was so excited at the time, we realized it might help our movie, and of course, it did!”
teen wolf completed before back to the Future, but producers decided to wait until after the sci-fi comedy was released. “We ride the Michael J. Fox wave,” Rosenfelt explained. “I think we’re going to do well anyway, but there are back to the Future open before we push teen wolf Enter the studio number. “
When MTV retold the iconic film for TV in 2011, Tyler Posey Play as the titular werewolf (named Scott McCall on the show).This truth or Dare actor says he never talked to fox teen wolfbut he did have and Jason Batemanwho played todd howard, scott howard’s cousin teen wolf too.
“I met him at the Teen Choice Awards, the first time ever,” Posey told Yahoo Entertainment in 2018, referring to his appearance at the event in 2011. “I went up to him and said, ‘Hey man, I’m a big fan of his. I’m new here teen wolf, Incidentally. ’ Then we had a short discussion about prosthetic makeup. “
This Arrested development However, when Posey yelled “teen wolf too’ at the awards ceremony. “I’m sorry, Jason Bateman,” virgin jane alum said. “I love him. He’s a phenomenal director and I’m a huge fan of his.”
Keep scrolling to see which actors have played werewolves in movies and TV shows:
