The Thing (1982 film)/Trivia

• Enforced Method Acting:
  • Charles Hallahan played his character, Norris, in some scenes, as suspecting himself of being the Thing, but not really sure. He's very much correct.
  • Another example, according to the commentary, occurs when Mac and Copper reveal the corpse of the Thing they recovered from the Norwegian camp. 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.