GoKawiilNew book details Rick Baker's early, scarier alien design that led to E.T.
An excerpt from Max Evry's book 'Stranded on Earth: How Night Skies Became E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' reveals that makeup effects artist Rick Baker initially built a more frightening alien prototype before the production settled on the gentler creature design that became E.T. The excerpt traces how the character evolved during development of the project that began as 'Night Skies' before becoming Steven Spielberg's 1982 film.