Over the Thanksgiving holiday we got quite the early Christmas present when a commercial gave audiences a surprise sequel to Steven Spielberg’s beloved “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.”
The ad featured Henry Thomas reprising his role as a now grown-up Elliott, and in a new behind-the-scenes spot about how it was made, he said he was astonished to learn not just that he’d been asked, but that Spielberg loved the idea.
“It’s Steven Spielberg’s baby, you know? And he’s very particular about this film. So I’ve always viewed any attempt at revamping the character or showing it in a different context as the thing that’s never going to happen,” Thomas says in the video. “And then they said, well, Steven signed off on the story. He loves it. And I said, ‘What?'”
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The ad featured Henry Thomas reprising his role as a now grown-up Elliott, and in a new behind-the-scenes spot about how it was made, he said he was astonished to learn not just that he’d been asked, but that Spielberg loved the idea.
“It’s Steven Spielberg’s baby, you know? And he’s very particular about this film. So I’ve always viewed any attempt at revamping the character or showing it in a different context as the thing that’s never going to happen,” Thomas says in the video. “And then they said, well, Steven signed off on the story. He loves it. And I said, ‘What?'”
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- 12/6/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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