The Thing (1982 film)/Trivia

The film:

 * Enforced Method Acting:
 * Charles Hallahan played his character, Norris, in some scenes, as suspecting himself of being the Thing, but not really sure.
 * Another example, according to the commentary, occurs when . The production team used A&B smoke during the scene, with everyone gathering around. The cast's reaction to the stench is genuine.
 * Executive Meddling: An extremely bizarre example: the basic cable edit actually makes the movie a lot bleaker and nastier. Carpenter hates it for precisely this reason.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Jed, the wolf dog who played the Norwegian dog-Thing also acted in White Fang.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Mac's computer is voiced by Adrienne Barbeau, who was married to John Carpenter at the time.
 * Name's the Same: The actor who plays Windows is named Thomas G. Waites, but is no relation to Thomas Alan Waits. This is lampshaded in the DVD commentary.

The game:

 * Hey, It's That Voice!: In the game, Colonel Whitely is played by William B. Davis, aka The Cigarette Smoking Man, "I'm serious, that's him!", and Cam Clarke voices your first medic, Weldon, in the game's tutorial level.

The 2011 Prequel

 * Deleted Scene: Quite a few actually, and all will be on the home video release, including
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Wendy Christensen! Marty Deeks! Mr. Eko! Owen Lars!
 * Special Effects Failure: