devine@asgb.UUCP (06/20/84)
-- From: "Jim Hester" <hester@uci-750a> -- -- If anyone gets a real interview with someone in the know, PASS IT -- ON! All I know offhand is that Klaatu was Michael Renne and Gort -- was the (then) bellboy of Grauman's Chinese Restaurant. The people -- in charge of casting were having a hard time finding somebody -- right for Gort, and went out for lunch. They hired him on the -- spot. Actually, Gort was played by J. Lockard Martin (aka Lock Martin) who was the doorman at Grauman's, not the bellboy. He was chosen for the difficult-to-cast part because he was 7'7'', putting him (ahem) above the competition... Bob Devine Burroughs in Boulder, CO. (...!sdcrdcf!bmcg!asgb!devine)