‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ Star Dee Wallace Says She ‘Argued’ With Steven Spielberg Over an Axed ‘Love Affair’ Between E.T. and Elliot’s Mother: ‘This Was a Family Film’

If Dee Wallace didn’t stand up to Steven Spielberg, E.T. could’ve wanted to do more than just go home.

In a recent appearance on the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast, Wallace, who played Elliot’s mother Mary in the immortal 1982 classic, said there was an axed side plot in the film for a romance between her character and the titular alien.

“There’s a whole B story in ‘E.T.’ about E.T. having a love affair with Mary, a love crush on Mary,” she said. “And there’s little bits of it left in there.”

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