Bet You Didn’t Know These Facts About The “Alien” Films

The Giant Space Jockey Was Destroyed

The 26-foot-tall space jockey almost didn’t make it into the. film. The studio didn’t allow such huge props, but the conceptual artist promised that the one shot the jockey was in would be the “Cecil B DeMille shot,” proving that this wasn’t a low-budget B-movie. However, the prop was burned down by a stray cigarette after filming.

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