Anyone who’s watched Henry Thomas’ viral audition video for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial can tell you he was born to play Elliott, the boy who befriends our loveable titular alien. But if you ask the ...

Henry Thomas wasn't quite ready for the whirlwind of stardom that followed the release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in 1982. "I wasn't ready for the fame. I had never even thought about being famous, ...

Henry Thomas is recounting a brief cameo Harrison Ford made in 1982's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial — which was left on the cutting room floor. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter's It Happened in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thomas, 54, portrayed Elliott Taylor, a 10-year-old boy who befriends the lovable alien, in the iconic 1982 sci-fi movie, but he ...

E.T. star Henry Thomas is pulling back the curtain on his upbringing after starring in the 1982 film. “I don’t think I dealt with it very well because I wasn’t ready for it,” Thomas, 54, admitted ...

Henry Thomas, who plays Elliott, the main character of one of the best sci-fi films of all time, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, almost bombed his audition and lost out on the role of a lifetime. He saved ...

Steven Spielberg's young discovery revisits the classic 43 years later on The Hollywood Reporter's 'It Happened in Hollywood' podcast. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer Before E. T. the ...

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Henry Thomas, the beloved star of 'E.T.', recalls his abrupt rise to fame as a bewildering journey of childhood stardom. The actor openly shares that the limelight caught him off guard, leaving him to ...