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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam White

ET actor fought Steven Spielberg over ‘uncomfortable’ scene: ‘This was a family film’

The ET the Extra-Terrestrial star Dee Wallace has revealed that she fought director Steven Spielberg over a scene in the film she found “uncomfortable”, arguing that it would have spoiled the “purity” of the movie.

Wallace starred in the 1982 classic as the mother of a young boy who befriends a space alien he dubs “ET”. Henry Thomas played the boy in question, with a seven-year-old Drew Barrymore cast as his little sister.

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