John Carpenter's The Thinghas a great ensemble cast, but here's the role comedian Jay Leno could have played. The Thing marked John Carpenter's move into studio filmmaking, following the success of lower-budget efforts like Halloween and Escape From New York.
The movie was also a reimagining of 1951's The Thing From Another World, which was one of Carpenter's favorite movies. The director had little interest in copying the story of the latter movie, however, which featured an alien monster
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