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E.T. Star Dee Wallace Recalls Pushing Back Against Love Affair Between Elliott's Mom and the Alien
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial is one of the greatest movies of all time, but like any other movie, it went through several scrapped ideas and rewritten lines to get to the final product. One of those weird ideas that fell by the wayside was a sort of love story between Elliott’s mom and the titular alien. In a recent appearance on the Still Here Hollywood podcast, Wallace, who played Elliot’s mother Mary in the immortal 1982 classic, said there was an axed side plot in the film for a romance between her character and the E.T..“There’s a whole B story in E.T. about E.T. having a love affair with Mary, a love crush on Mary. And there’s little bits of it left in there. There was a scene where he came in to put Reese’s Pieces down on my bedside table as I’m asleep. Well, Spielberg wanted the sheet a little lower than I was comfortable with.”Wallace explained that she took her grievances up with Spielberg directly, arguing to maintain the family-friendly tone of the film.“I argued my point that this was a family film,” she said. She went on to say that E.T. was “very pure” in her eyes, and felt that the film should reflect that. Eventually, Wallace went to E.T. writer Melissa Mathison and producer Kathleen Kennedy to help find a solution for the scene.“So we compromised and pulled the sheet up almost to my shoulder blades, which I was okay with,” Wallace recalled.Obviously, the bulk of that storyline was cut, and that was the right choice. The film went on to win four Academy Awards for best sound, best original score, best visual effects and best sound effects editing. It also remains a beloved favorite to fans of all ages, and it’s known for its timeless, pure and lovely story. via: Variety
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial is one of the greatest movies of all time, but like any other movie, it went through several scrapped ideas and rewritten lines to get to the final product. One of those weird ideas that fell by the wayside was a sort of love story between Elliott’s mom and the titular alien.
In a recent appearance on the Still Here Hollywood podcast, Wallace, who played Elliot’s mother Mary in the immortal 1982 classic, said there was an axed side plot in the film for a romance between her character and the E.T..
“There’s a whole B story in E.T. about E.T. having a love affair with Mary, a love crush on Mary. And there’s little bits of it left in there. There was a scene where he came in to put Reese’s Pieces down on my bedside table as I’m asleep. Well, Spielberg wanted the sheet a little lower than I was comfortable with.”
Wallace explained that she took her grievances up with Spielberg directly, arguing to maintain the family-friendly tone of the film.
“I argued my point that this was a family film,” she said. She went on to say that E.T. was “very pure” in her eyes, and felt that the film should reflect that. Eventually, Wallace went to E.T. writer Melissa Mathison and producer Kathleen Kennedy to help find a solution for the scene.
“So we compromised and pulled the sheet up almost to my shoulder blades, which I was okay with,” Wallace recalled.
Obviously, the bulk of that storyline was cut, and that was the right choice. The film went on to win four Academy Awards for best sound, best original score, best visual effects and best sound effects editing. It also remains a beloved favorite to fans of all ages, and it’s known for its timeless, pure and lovely story.
via: Variety
