Tom Wilson: How Biff From 'Back To The Future' Handles Fan Questions

Moviefone  |  By Posted: 05/11/2012 4:55 pm Updated: 05/11/2012 4:55 pm

Tom Wilson, the guy who played bully Biff Tannen in the "Back to the Future" movies, has come up with a nifty way to handle the most-asked fan questions about the beloved trilogy: by writing all the answers down on a postcard.

Although it's been 22 years since the last film was in theaters, Wilson's still fielding queries about what it was like to work with Michael J. Fox ("Michael J. Fox is nice. I'm not in close contact with him"), hoverboard stories ("The hoverboards didn't really fly, we were hanging by wires from a cane") and what the maure was made of ("The manure was made from peat moss, cork, dirt and a food agent that made it sticky").

Oh, and what about Biff's famous catchphrases? "Among the many improvisations on set, I termed the coin 'butthead,' as well as 'Make like a tree, and get out of here.'"

Wilson, whose other credits include "The Informant!" and "Action Jackson," says he created the FAQ because "Nobody had any idea that the movies would become a cultural touchstone, but the themes of friendship and adventure moved the audience so powerfully that I felt the need to create this postcard as a timesaver."

You can read the full postcard here.

[via Letters of Note b/w THR]

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Tom Wilson, the guy who played bully Biff Tannen in the "Back to the Future" movies, has come up with a nifty way to handle the most-asked fan questions about the beloved trilogy: by writing all the a...
Tom Wilson, the guy who played bully Biff Tannen in the "Back to the Future" movies, has come up with a nifty way to handle the most-asked fan questions about the beloved trilogy: by writing all the a...
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08:59 PM on 05/12/2012
Not the only typo, Maure? lol
04:00 AM on 05/12/2012
Sharon Knolle, the writer of this paragraph (not article, because she basically is just copying some else's article from popwatch) needs to take some writing classes.

Miss Knolle does not copy things correctly. She prints this:

"The hoverboards didn't really fly, we were hanging by wires from a cane"

The word is "crane" dear, not "cane".

I would be very surprised if Moviephone paid you for the slop you wrote here.
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brutony
Wanting to spread evil across the world for,,one M
08:47 AM on 05/12/2012
Why dont YOU tell her that-what are you, CHICKEN?
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Finn43
R1b1a2a1a
10:01 AM on 05/13/2012
"Mighty strong words runt."
05:50 PM on 05/14/2012
Or how about, "termed the coin." What?!