Actor Henry Thomas had the biggest breakout any actor could imagine, as none other than Elliott inE.T.
Thomas, on the other hand,worked pretty consistently.
His improv skills nailed the E.T.
The audition required Thomas to read a scene and then do an improvisation.
So Thomas went for it, got super emotional, and it sealed the deal for him.
Speaking toCloser Weekly,he admitted to finding it incredibly difficult to handle all the sudden attention.
As a result, the young actor retreated into himself and became increasingly more of an introvert.
As he toldMetro,“I’ve always been a fan of fantasy books growing up.
I got a little bit disillusioned with the genre, because I felt it became so formulaic.
I thought, ‘I can throw together a good fantasy story.'”
And that’s exactly what he did, while working over in Romania for three months.
The actor-turned-writer described his story as being “about an environmental-spiritual cataclysm.
The protagonists are trying to save the world.
“The Window and the Mirrorwas published in 2019.
