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- His first role was a brief one as a Norwegian dog in John Carpenter 's The Thing (1982). The character he played in the film was the first form to be taken by a shapeshifting alien creature; some scenes required him to behave in an unsettling and unnatural way.
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His first role was a brief one as a Norwegian dog in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982). The character he played in the film was the first form to be taken by a shapeshifting alien creature; some scenes required him to behave in an unsettling and unnatural way.
The Thing also features Norbert Weisser as one of the Norwegians, [9] and an uncredited dog, Jed, as the Dog-Thing. [10] The only female presence in the film is the voice of MacReady's chess computer, voiced by Carpenter's then-wife, Adrienne Barbeau.
- John Carpenter considers The Thing his first of what he calls his Apocalypse Trilogy. The other two films in that trilogy are Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness.
- When Kurt Russell arrived at Universal studios there was a sign welcoming Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds who were filming The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
- The Thing was released 2 weeks after E.T. Carpenter feels this was a big aspect to The Thing not doing well at the box office.
- The man leaning out of the helicopter in the opening scene of The Thing is Larry J. Franco, who also served as associate producer on the film, first assistant director, and is Kurt Russell’s brother-in-law.
His first major role was portraying the dog at the beginning of the John Carpenter film The Thing. For Disney, he portrayed Wolf in The Journey of Natty Gann and the titular character of White Fang and White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf.
The Thing is a fictional shapeshifting and telepathic alien from The Thing science fiction horror franchise. It first appeared in the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, which has been adapted into various media, including films, literature, and video games.
Jed was a Pacific Northwestern American animal actor, known for his roles in the movies White Fang (1991), [1] White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), and The Thing (1982). He was born in 1977 and died in June 1995. [2] He was a Vancouver Island wolf-Alaskan Malamute hybrid. [3]
Mar 4, 2015 · Running dog-Thing was played by Jed, a half wolf that neither growled nor barked. Richard Masur, who played the station dog handler, remembers how Jed would just give you “that look” when he grew uncomfortable on the set.
