Daily reminder that the Alien and the Predator were both originally played by two men with striking similarities.
-tall black guys, arts students
-both were /both/ born and died within two years of each other (Badejo was around a bit longer)
-lives cut short by blood disorders
>>70324340
Pottery
Real talk though, these guys defined by childhood.
Hall vs. Badejo
>>70324514
Fund it.
haha everyone who likes these meme movies are now cucks hahaha!!!
GREAT, now I've come to find out both of my favorite flicks have not one but TWO NIGGERS
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>>70324340
Ridley Scott found Badejo in some British pub and was almost thrown out for eyeing him up for his measurements.
Eventually asked him if he'd ever worked in movie production before by "monday morning" he was apparently wearing the early drafts of the Xenomorph suit on set scaring the shit out of the cast members.
>>70325920
WUZ
>>70326588
PREDATORS N SHEEIIIT!
>>70325870
aw c'mon, they're justbrothers from another planet
>>70326246
The pub thing is the usual story. Another version goes that a casting man found him first, then arranged for him to meet Ridley. I'm realizing that Ridley's memory is fuzzy on certain things, so be careful.
Also Badejo lived quietly for the rest of his life, which makes it difficult to substantiate details. I still haven't seen a genuniely convincing obit, just a bunch of people taking wiki at face value (as I did when making the image).
It's hard to trust any information that comes out of Nigeria. :^)
>>70327293
whoops, have this.
>>70324340
>died at 39 of sickle cell anemia
Get rekt niggers
>>70326246
Giger also repeats the story detail of Ridley himself initially discovering Bolaji, but I am dubious - the other version is still floating around. Giger also personally lists Badejo's height as 6' 10-1/2", or 210 cm. Since Giger and crew actually built Badejo a form-fitting suit and all, I should think that Giger knows this one better than anyone short of Badejo himself.
"Bolaji Badejo (plate 372G) a black man 2.10 metres (6ft 10 1/2 in) tall, has been spotted by Scott in a bar, and will play the living nucleus of the Alien."
-H.R. Giger, Giger's Alien, Morpheus, p. 60
Badejo is a myth. The alien was real.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFpgu1L1YIc
