Drew Barrymoreis taking fans on a trip down memory lane.
The Golden Globe winner, 47, reunited withDee Wallace, who played her mother in 1982’sE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, as they reminisced about the film ahead of its 40th anniversary Monday onThe Drew Barrymore Show.
“That was the first day on the set and I’m sitting in this really high director’s chair,” Wallace, 73, recalled of a photo of the two of them. “And Drew comes up to me and she says, ‘Hi, I’m going to sit on your lap now.’ And I said, ‘Well, come on up Drew.'”
“I mean, I knew you were going to be a director/producer back then,” she told Barrymore.
Barrymore raved about how “sexy” Wallace looked in the cheetah costume her character wore for the Halloween scene. “I still fit in it too,” Wallace proclaimed.
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“Oh, I bet you do,” Barrymore told her. “You are giving me goals!”
Although Barrymore claimed she “saw the wires” and “knew the deal” with the animatronic E.T. puppets, Wallace rebutted: “Oh, do not believe that for a moment.”
TheCujostar also recalled Barrymore’s emotional connection to E.T., which resulted in a tearful reaction to seeing the character on his deathbed.
“Being the mother that I am with all the kids that I work with … I went over and I said, ‘OK Drew, now we’re going to go shoot the scene where E.T.’s dying, but you know he’s not really dying sweetheart. He’s acting, just like we are, OK?'” she said. “And you looked at me and you said, ‘I know, Dee. Do you think I’m stupid?’
“So, I picked you up, we walked into the set. You took one look at E.T. and went (crying) ‘Ah, he’s dying, Dee! He’s dying,'” Wallace explained with a laugh.
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Barrymore is preparing to reunite with Spielberg, 75, and her onscreen brother Henry Thomasto celebrate the film’s 40th anniversarythis week at the 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival. She previouslytold PEOPLEhow she plans to include her daughters Olive, 9, and Frankie, 7, in the festivities.
“I’ve actually been speaking with Steven Spielberg about it,” said Barrymore. “He calls my girls who he held when they were babies, and he’s known them throughout their lives. I do want to revel in this moment with them and include them and celebrate with Steven. He’s a big father figure to me.”
source: people.com
