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Happy 30th ET! Here’s a very young Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore

Includes Elliot’s amazing audition tape.

ET – THE EXTRA Terrestrial recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.

Yes, that’s right, ET is 30 years old. How old do YOU feel?

What better reason to revisit its child stars back in the day? Starting with Elliot himself – aka Henry Thomas – and his amazing improvised audition:



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Happy 30th ET! Here’s a very young Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore
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  • Drew Barrymore and Princess Diana

    Seven year old Drew Barrymore presents the Princess of Wales with a cuddly toy version of ET at the Empire cinema, in Leicester Square, London. Also pictured are Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, and the film's director Steven Spielberg. (PA/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
  • Drew Barrymore 1982

    Drew Barrymore about to eat an English teacake at the Inn on the Park, in London in 1982. (PA/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
  • ET stars in 1985

    Henry Thomas, Robert McNaughton and Drew Barrymore pose in North Hollywood in July1985, after ET was re-released. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
  • Drew Barrymore

    Nine-year-old actress Drew Barrymore in September 1984. Barrymore was reportedly smoking cigarettes by the time she was nine, was drinking at 11 and using cocaine at 13. (AP Photo)
  • Ronald Reagan and Drew Barrymore

    Drew Barrymore gives President Ronald Reagan a kiss after a ceremony at the White House in 1984 for a young astronaut program. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart)
  • ET stars

    Drew Barrymore, center, Henry Thomas, left, and Robert Macnaughton, the young stars of Steven Spielberg's movie
  • Drew Barrymore, 1984

    Actress Mariel Hemingway, left, sips from a glass while eyeing the crowd as actress Drew Barrymore, center, and her friend Bruce Thomas watch the fashions at Pat Kerr's show, held in New York's Hard Rock Cafe, November 1984. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)

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