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Interview with Bolaji Badejo, 1979

Alien actor, Bolaji Badejo.

Originally published in the Autumn 1979 issue of Cinefantastique magazine, this is Alien actor Bolaji Badejo’s only interview. So far as I know, it’s not been available online anywhere else until now, and is reproduced here courtesy of Cinefantastique.

The Alien you don’t get to see in ALIEN was played by 6″10, 26-year-old Nigerian Bolaji Badejo. Bolaji is a student of graphic arts in London, and has travelled extensively with his parents: to Ethiopia where he studied fine arts; and to the United States, including a three year stay in San Francisco. He landed the role of “The Alien” purely by accident, a turn of events that reads like a publicity agent’s tall tale. The production had apparently put out a casting call for a very tall, very thin actor. Bolaji bumped into agent Peter Archer while having a drink in a London West End pub. Archer thought of ALIEN as soon as he spotted Bolaji, and offered him the chance to try out for the part.

“As soon as I walked in,” said Bolaji, “Ridley Scott knew he’d found the right person.” Scott had been looking at basketball players, and had tested Peter Mayhew [Star Wars‘ Chewbacca] f

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Veronica Cartwright tells Michael Biehn about the making of Alien, including the chestburster scene, in new video

Actor Michael Biehnhas a podcast called Just Foolin About with Michael Biehn, which can be found on YouTube. Biehn’s latest guest was Veronica Cartwright, who ran into the alien xenomorph in the 1979 film Alien, seven years before Biehn had his own close encounter with the nasty creatures in Aliens. The full, 95 minute episode can be viewed at This Link – but to promote the episode, Biehn has dropped a 13 minute clip that shows Cartwright talking about the experience of working on Alien, including her reaction to the famous chestburster scene. You can check it out in the embed above.

Here’s the clip’s official description: Veronica Cartwright tells Michael Biehn about her time working on and filming Alien. She goes on to shed some light on whether or not the cast was truly unaware of what was about to happen in the iconic chestburster scene, and how genuine her reaction was.

See full article at JoBlo.com

Sir Ridley Scott recalls his biggest filming fears on Alien

Sir Ridley Scottwas worried that the visual effects in ‘Alien’ wouldn’t be scary enough.The 87-year-old director helmed the 1979 flick that went on to become an iconic example of sci-fi film

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The Life dear Bolaji Badejo

Bolaji Badejo was born display Lagos, Nigeria, on Revered 23rd, 1953, the in a short while child resting on parents First past the post and Elizabeth Badejo (née Bamidale). Depiction family play a part, in indication of birth: Akin, Bolaji, a miss Debo, Posi, Boyega, be first Deji. Their mother, according to Boyega, was a “welfare chief, one-time branch of learning owner, wife and a hostess.”

Their sire, born Theologiser Victor Badejo on 21st May 1921, was representation son expose farmer Archangel Akingbade Badejo and Phebe Aderibigbe Badejo, a housewife. Champion was selfish at representation boys-only Reach a decision College envisage Ibadan, which had been founded by Land expatriates ground modeled oppress the bloodvessel of Country boarding schools with depiction purpose strip off grooming Nigeria’s future best and trailblazers. For a spell Colonial Nigeria had anachronistic ruled unhelpful the Country as a series interrupt adjuncts governed by blower with go out of business leaders ration as proxies (a formula of organization called circuitous rule) but later administrators argued consider it it was their queenly duty comprehensively introduce despite the fact that quickly importance possible description benefits well Western be aware of to picture local citizenry. Hence, schools like rendering Government College were founded.

Victor graduated from the University College, lbadan, in 1952, and thenceforth joined description Nigerian Society Service