Steven Spielberg ‘Felt Helpless’ Watching Drew Barrymore Being ‘Robbed of Her Childhood’ While Making ‘E.T.,’ but ‘I Wasn’t Her Dad’

Steven Spielberg has always been a father figure to Drew Barrymore, but he actually said no when Barrymore asked him to be her real father during the making of their 1982 classic “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” Barrymore was only 7 years old at the time. In a new Barrymore profile published by Vulture, Barrymore praised Spielberg […]
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