# The “outrageous” 1986 role Christopher Lloyd couldn’t refuse: “There was no question in my mind”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-outrageous-1986-role-christopher-lloyd-couldnt-refuse-there-was-no-question-in-my-mind/
- Published: 2026-10-29T07:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T07:54:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-outrageous-1986-role-christopher-lloyd-couldnt-refuse/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Christopher Lloyd readily accepted an “outrageous” role in *Amazing Stories*.
- Robert Zemeckis directed the 1986 episode.
- Lloyd later reunited with Zemeckis for *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*.

## Summary

Christopher Lloyd took a role in the 1986 episode “Go to the Head of the Class” for Steven Spielberg’s anthology series *Amazing Stories*, saying he had no hesitation about accepting it. The story centres on his enthusiasm for playing an “outrageous” character and reuniting with director Robert Zemeckis after *Back to the Future*.

The episode follows an English teacher cursed by his pupils, with frightening consequences. Zemeckis directed it, while Spielberg was an executive producer; *Amazing Stories* ran for two seasons and 45 episodes. Lloyd later worked with Zemeckis on *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*, playing Judge Doom, and returned as Doc Brown in the *Back to the Future* sequels.

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