īut as an actor, was there a point where you were searching for a role that would top Elliott or be so shocking that people would recognize you more for that role? But if it wasn't that it would have been some other insecurity I'd be going through at school, like my ears. It was difficult for a time as a teenager kind of wanting to distance myself from being a boy and always being associated with being 10 years old. Back then there was no DVD, they just kept rereleasing it.
Even when I got into high school people were still talking about "E.T." because it was being released again in theaters. That all happened that summer in '82 and the following summer in '83. Here, Thomas talked to Insider about what it's been like over the past 40 years to live in the shadow of "E.T." In fact, to this date, he hasn't been directed by Spielberg again, even though he said he has auditioned for some of his movies over the years, including "Saving Private Ryan." Thomas admits it was hard fitting in during high school and though he's landed some roles in memorable movies since like "Legends of the Fall," opposite Brad Pitt, and alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York," Thomas knows he'll never do anything that will match playing Elliott. That's led to good things, like forever being a part of cinematic history, but also some less good things. Then a 10-year-old actor who had been in one small movie before blowing Spielberg away with a tearful audition to land the lead role of Elliott in "E.T." ( that audition has since gone viral), Thomas, 51, has been forever known as the young boy who had a special bond with a being from another planet who is accidentally left behind on Earth. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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