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In the famous frog escape scene fromE.T.
But 10-year-olds dont care about that mushy stuff.
Steven Spielberg (left) with Harrison Ford and screenwriter Melissa Mathison on the set of ‘E.T.’.
Henry Thomas was way more interested in Harrison Ford than Erika Eleniak.
I basically was just excited to meet Steven in hopes that I would meet Harrison.
He did the scene where E.T.
is home levitating all of the stuff for his communicator up the stairs, Spielberg said.
Elliot is in the principals office after the frog incident.
We dont ever see Harrisons face.
We just hear his voice, see his body.
(She was like one of the kids, Spielberg says.)
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But Elliott still has a psychic connection to his far-away alien friend.
Henrys chair starts levitating, Spielberg said.
Just as Harrison turns, E.T.
The principal turns around, and as far as hes concerned, nothing ever happened.
But its an odd scene, shot more like a film noir than anything else in the movie.
It didnt add much, and Fords presence seemed more of a distraction than anything else.
That was the scene that we cut out, Spielberg said, still trying to find the silver lining.
But thats where [Henry] got a chance to meet Harrison.
That was a very big day for me, Thomas recalled.
So what does a boy say when he gets to work alongside his hero?
You dont end up saying anything.
