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Best audition ever?
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The Sting
@TSting18
Henry Thomas was only 9 when he auditioned for Elliot in E.T: the Extra-Terrestrial, which celebrates its 40th anniversary today.
There's nailing an audition and there's what Henry does here. Steven Spielberg is so blown away by it that he hands him the part on the spot
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9:07 AM · Jun 11, 2022
The Sting
@TSting18
Henry Thomas was only 9 when he auditioned for Elliot in E.T: the Extra-Terrestrial, which celebrates its 40th anniversary today.
There's nailing an audition and there's what Henry does here. Steven Spielberg is so blown away by it that he hands him the part on the spot
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9:07 AM · Jun 11, 2022
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Spielberg later recounted that, during the White House showing of ET, Reagan kept leaning over to say things like: "Why, that's just how it happened! How did you know, Steve?"
Whether that really means anything or not, hard to tell. It was Reagan, after all. 
