Apr 27 2011
Meet Bolaji Badejo, aka The Alien
Am I an idiot that all this time I thought that aliens were elaborately crafted puppets and robots with no one actually inside them? Yeah, I probably am. I need to watch those movies again.
Anyway, here’s what it looks like when the mask. It’s the Alien from the first movie, back when there was only one. I guess they were looking for a certain svelt body type, and Bolaji Badejo had it. Without the head it kind of just looks like a really elaborate skeleton Halloween costume. How could he see out of the head? Is the top translucent? And holy crap you could have bought this thing? I am learning all kinds of things today.
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More impressive than seeing out of the head is the ability to keep the head propped up without breaking his neck. The head is enormous.
same as you paul i always thought aliens were robots and there is no way a human in that costume :O
@Jim
yeah but i believe that the head is somehow tied to his back rather then his neck
I remember reading about him… apparently, he got the job same way Peter Mayhew did with Chewbacca: they needed someone very tall and gangly (and with extra-long arms to boot), and they found him.