Kenny Baker is dead: the good soul in R2D2 – Tagesspiegel

R2D2: At 16, accepts the diminutive Kenny Baker from Birmingham first theater roles later, he appears as a circus clown and variety shows. An agent of the US director George Lucas invited him to audition date for the science fiction film “Star Wars” in London. Baker does not pretend Locally, it will be immediately submitted an offer. The key words are the chief occupant: “It fits.” Kenny Baker’s job is to stand inside the droids R2D2 and to turn its head in different directions. Multiple forgets the crew to take him for longer between shots from the costume. In addition, Baker suffers from the condescending behavior of his fellow actors Anthony Daniels, who in turn is in the interior of the robot C3PO. Later gets Kenny Baker, this time unkostümiert, a supporting role in David Lynch’s “The Elephant Man”. When George Lucas mid-90s with the planning of three more “Star Wars” films starts, he omitted from nostalgic reasons on that now appears possible computer animation and asks Kenny Baker to climb again in the case of R2D2. The Briton is thus the only actor who participates in all six films in the series. 2005 newspapers report that the robot shell inside was temporarily lined with pictures of nude models. Baker says he has not stuck himself.

Now the actor, according to “Guardian” has died at the age of 83 years. How Kenny Baker ausschaute, look here!

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ALF:. The Hungarian Michu Meszaros is 84 centimeters tall. In his youth he taught at the State Artists School in juggling and acrobatics, then touring as “Smallest Man in the World” with a circus show by the USA. At the age of 46 years, he is for the sitcom “Alf” committed: He slips into the costume of the same aliens who will crash lands on Earth and received by a middle-class family. Meszaros is used for all scenes where Alf is seen as a whole. however, only the upper half of the figure is shown, for example, because it sits at the table or behind the kitchen hatch, a doll is used, which is controlled simultaneously from three employees to move arms, mouth and ears. Since the strong spotlight on set Alfs fur heat quickly, the crew tried to minimize Meszaros’ missions and where possible to fall back on Archival. After series end he receives exposure to horror movies, enters music videos on the band Aerosmith and befriends with Michael Jackson. 1989 renames the Californian city Hawthorne their shortest street after him. Four years later Meszaros finished his career with a role in the third-rate shocker “Warlock: The Armageddon”. Michu Meszaros also 2016 died.

How Michu Meszaros ausschaute, look here!

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ET: when the film on 26 May 1982 at the Cannes film Festival premiere, it is not running down the red carpet. When the work hundreds of millions of dollars which records and receives several Oscars, they do not celebrate with, is there any interviews as the other actors or director Steven Spielberg. They had to sign before shooting a contract that forbids her to speak publicly about their role
Tamara Detro, artist:. Tamara De Treaux is dwarfed, only 79 centimeters tall, after her high school graduation in 1978 in San Leandro, CA accepts it first supporting roles in films. The offer, inside the friendly aliens E.T. to slip, it considers a great opportunity: Director Steven Spielberg is already then a star, has already “Jaws” and “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark” brought to the cinema. Besides De Treaux alternately come another Midget and a twelve year old with no legs under E.T.s artificial skin for use. The production of the doll made of latex, metal and foam lasted three months, and cost 1.5 million US dollars. In designing the head, the designers oriented to facial features of Albert Einstein and Ernest Hemingway. Spielberg calls the result “something that can love only a mother”. The production company wants the identities of E.T.-
Actor kept secret so as not to destroy the myth of the UFO. De Treaux then accepts minor roles in horror movies, befriends with the US writer Armistead Maupin. In 1990, she died at the age of 31 of heart failure. Maupin wrote a tribute, wrote the novel “Maybe the Moon” whose protagonist is strongly reminiscent of the actress. Maupin says he can recognize when watching “E.T.” any time in the corridor of the aliens whether Tamara De Treaux was used in this scene. For example, at the very end of the film when E.T. staggers into the spaceship and flies away. This is undoubtedly Tamara. How Tamara De Treaux looks, look here!