‘Et’ star Dee Wallace says she struggled to tone down sexual undertones in a scene

• Et. Actress Dee Wallace revealed that she was struggling to tone down the sexual undertones in a scene in the iconic film from 1982 while she appeared on Still here Hollywood Podcast’s April 28 Section
• Wallace, 76, said she “argued” with the film’s director, Steven Spielberg, pointing out that it was a “family movie”
• She and Spielberg finally came to a compromise after consulting with the film’s writers and producer

Et was almost a little less family-friendly-at least according to the actress Dee Wallace.

Wallace, who played Elliott’s mother, Mary, in the 1982 iconic film, appeared in the section 28 April Still here Hollywood Podcast. During the discussion with host Steve KmmekoThe actress revealed that there was almost a more Risqué version of the movie.

“There is a whole B story in Et About that ET has a love affair with Mary, a love crusher on Mary, ”explained Wallace, 76.” And there are small pieces of it left there. ”

“It was a scene where he came in to put Reeses’s pieces down my bedside table as I sleep,” she continued. “Well, (director) Mr. (Steven) Spielberg Wanted the sheet a little lower than I was comfortable with. ”

Wallace recalled that she told Spielberg that she did not think it was the right choice for his film.

“I claimed my point that this was a family movie,” she said, leaving that it was “very clean for me.”

She said they finally consulted with the film’s writers, Melissa Mathisonand producer, Kathleen KennedyAnd came to an intermediate ground.

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“So we compromised and pulled up the sheets almost to my shoulder blades, which I was okay with,” Wallace concluded.

The one Star shared several others behind the scenes tidbits about the movie, including the fact that she knew Costar Drew Barrymore – Who was only 7 years old – was intended for big things.

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“You know – that child – we knew from the first day that she would become a producer and director,” she said.

“I’m sitting in a high director’s chair, the first day on set, and she comes to me and she goes,” Dee, I will sit in your knee now. “And I said,” Okay, Drew, came up. “I mean, she just knew what she wanted, it.”

Wallace also shared that she had a strong sigh it Et would be a hit early.

“I could say exactly from the way the audience answered,” she reminded her to watch the movie for the first time in a theater. “That movie is in your soul, into your heart. It exceeds any block that we have and wakes us up.”