Drew Barrymore admits she thought 'E.T.' was real as a child and 'loved it': watch

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Drew Barrymore, 47, has admitted that she thinks E.T., the puppet in the 1982 Steven Spielberg-directed film, E.T. the extra-terrestrial, which she starred in as a child, was real, on a recent episode of her talk show, . The actress, who played Gertie, reunited with the main cast of the memorable film, including Henry Thomas (Elliott), Dee Wallace (Mary) and Robert McNaughton (Michael), in honor of her 40th birthday, and talked about her feelings for the beloved puppet who won the hearts of many people. "Now I believed E.T. was real," she told her former castmates on the episode.

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