Surprise Behind the Scenes Doc Included in 30th Anniversary Blue Ray / DVD of E.T.

Apparently Young Drew Barrymore Had Some Good Acting Chops

When it came to crying on cue, she easily conjured the tears, remembers costar Dee Wallace, who recently spoke with Yahoo! Movies about playing Gertie's mother. During the sequence toward the end of the film when E.T. dies, "we pick [Drew] up and walk in, she takes one look at E.T. and totally loses it," Wallace recalls.

A newly-unearthed documentary about the making of "E.T." that appears in a 30th anniversary edition Blu-ray/DVD that comes out today reveals more: Barrymore continues crying after director Steven Spielberg yells "cut." The famed director then consoles her after the scene in a never-before-seen candid moment.

Before that scene, Wallace, who says she was very protective of Barrymore during filming, did her best to prepare the child actress for the big emotions to come: "I went to get her and I said, 'Okay Drew, we're going to do the scene where E.T.'s dying. Now, E.T.'s just acting, right, like we are..." Wallace recalls, adding Barrymore's adorably indignant reaction to her scene prep: "[Drew replied,] 'I know Dee, do you think I'm stupid.'"

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