![]() ![]() I played it and got stuck in the hole and I couldn’t get out so I never played it again. I received one back when it was first released. Do you recall auditioning for E.T.? Have you looked at that video since and thought, “Man, I did a great job”? There’s a viral video of your audition for Elliot, which has been called one of the best auditions of all time. I just wanted to make everybody happy and do a good job. I felt like I was a colleague and a peer and that we were collaborating on the film together. Steven was able to speak to you as a child and not make you feel like you were being talked down to. ![]() Can you describe your working relationship with Steven during the film? He’s been quoted over the years as saying that Elliot was a stand-in for him as a young boy. So the challenge is kind of making that puppet real. It was just, at the end of the day, it’s a puppet. Carlo Rambaldi did an excellent job creating the creature. Viewers didn’t hear the stretching of the latex by the puppet masters. Well, I think the biggest challenge was doing the scenes opposite a puppet. What was the biggest challenge in embodying Elliot? Image used with permission by copyright holder It never crossed my mind at all that it would ever be as big of a success as it is even today. It was only my second film so the fact that we’re here 40 years later talking about it is amazing. It was a big project to be a part of because it was a Spielberg film and while he wasn’t nearly as famous as he is today, he was still pretty famous back then. Henry Thomas: Well, I remember getting the part, going into pre-production, meeting the rest of the cast, and being in a lot of meetings with Steven Spielberg. What are some of the fondest memories you have of making the film? Please note: This interview has been condensed for length and clarity.ĭigital Trends: It’s been 40 years since E.T. ![]()
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