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 ...

Henry Thomas feared he had blown his chances of being in E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial as soon as his audition began. Thomas, 54, portrayed Elliott Taylor, a 10-year-old boy who befriends the lovable ...

Ever wondered what happened to the actor who played Elliott Taylor in Steven Spielberg E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial? Get all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Henry Thomas rose to stardom as Elliott in the 1982 blockbuster E.T., but the child star thought that he had completely blown the ...

Gregory Mysogland is a freelance writer living in New York City. He is a passionate, lifelong fan of film and television and currently works as a Senior Movie and Television Features Writer for ...