Steven Spielberg says Drew Barrymore in ET made him want to become a father

Drew Barrymore He was the rising star of ET extraterrestrial – And it left a particularly important impression on the film’s director.

Steven SpielbergThe actress, 49, inspired a new ambition in him at the time, revealed during an appearance at the TCM Film Festival in New York City on Saturday, January 25, who produced and directed seven-year-old Barrymore in the 1982 film. .

Spielberg (78 years old) said during a panel discussion at the festival that he moderated: “Until that moment… I had only made films.” Dave Kargerper the people. “That was my life. I was obsessed with telling stories, but also with making them at Made me want to be a father for the first time. I didn’t even think about that at“

Barrymore, who appeared alongside the famous director, said in response: “Why did I ruin that for you?” “The opposite,” Spielberg replied gently.

She plays Gertie, Elliot’s kind-hearted younger sister Henry ThomasAnd Michael, who plays him Robert MacNaughtonin atBarrymore was also deeply influenced by the photographic experience of the time.

“I guess at“For me, it’s[the film]that I’m most proud of, because it’s the film that changed my life,” Barrymore said.

She continued: “There is no doubt about that. Everything in my life is about how I gain the trust of one human being, and that is the life I try to honor every day.

On the duo’s journey through memories, Spielberg, a father of seven children between the ages of 28 and 48, revealed that at It is one of his most viewed works Projects. He told the panel audience that he had seen the film, “probably more than I have seen any other film I’ve ever made, partly because I showed the film to all my kids.”

Spielberg shares Max, 39, with his ex-wife Amy IrvingAnd also Jessica (48 years old), Theo (36 years old), Sasha (34 years old), Sawyer (32 years old), Michaela (28 years old), and Destry (28 years old) with their wife. Kate Capshaw. He is also a grandfather of six children.

“I showed the film to all my children and two of my grandchildren,” he explained. “Some of them are still very young, because I always worry about their anxiety at And I want to tell them before they turn the corner and get surprised by something, what to expect.

Spielberg said in April 2022 during his interview at the Turner Classic Film Festival: at The quirky character himself was partly inspired by his parents’ divorce. “What if the creature is part of a foreign exchange program?” Spielberg said at the time. “What if I turned my story about divorce into a story about children and family trying to fill such a great need and creating such a responsibility?”

He continued: “Divorce creates a great responsibility, especially if you have brothers; We all take care of each other. What if Elliot… needed, for the first time in his life, to become responsible for a life form to fill the hole in his heart?

In 1983, at Transgression star wars It became the highest-grossing film production ever. According to A New York Times An article published in July 1982, at It grossed $87 million at the box office, and the outlet called it a “hit of the summer.”