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The green thing?

posted 20 years ago by simhaworth
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I have now seen this film a number of times, purely because I am a geat fan of Christopher Lee, yet one aspect of it baffles me every time: what exactly is the side-kick green thing? I believe that his name is Julius (don't be so sensitive Julius, you know it distresses me). Our only hint is that Evil Mr Midnight says at one point something like "you are far ahead, of course". Is it related to the aliens who created Invincible in the first place, do you reckon? I would love to hear any theories about this perculiar aspect of the film.

[–] smithphil-1 19 years ago

I'm not exactly sure what Julius is supposed to be, but I can tell you that he/it was played by my brother, Scott Smith who lives in Adelaide, South Australia.
I'm happy to ask him if you really want to know.

[–] warlockuk 19 years ago

Ask! I wanna know now :)

[–] slydwarf-1 18 years ago

Hi, my name is Scott Smith.I played the part of Julius (The Green Thing).All I can tell you is when I read the script, Julius did not have a name, he was reffered to as alien creature, quarter monkey, quarter alien,half human.Originally, I was offered the part as one of Mr.Midnights henchman.However, the other dwarf who ended up playing that character had a problem with the amount of latex rubber required for the alien character, being glued to his face, a 3hour make-up job every day for 3 weeks.Did'nt bother me since the pay was AU$260 per day!. Anyway,the name Julius was given to me by Christopher Lee, he was directed to talk to me and acknowledge that I was there, he refused unless I had a name, director told him to make one up..Julius. As a footnote, the funniest thing I remember from making this flick was watching Christopher Lee (while watching a very small TV screen in dressing room), trying to explain to Alan Arkin the rules and fundamentals of the game Cricket! Very funny.Arkin could not grasp how we could watch a game that can take 5 days to play and still end up as a draw...Touche !

[–] warlockuk 18 years ago

Heh ace - cheers :D

[–] slydwarf-1 18 years ago

Scott Smith here again. Just another follow up to the original question. When watching the movie,look at the aliens who impregnated Captain Invincibles mother.In the back row of the aliens you will see the head of "Julius".
Cheers

[–] velvoofell 16 years ago

He's like an evil Yoda... or should that be Joda...

[–] mehaul 14 years ago

Thank you slydwarf-1 for coming forward and adding information to the background of this film. I think that once the musical aspects of this film begin hitting people they become so flabberghasted that a different reality sets in. When everyone gerts back to this dimension I'm sure better opinions will begin to appear. Come on, in a food fight which slips into a pie in the face contest, Captain invincible pulls out a large greek pi symbol to throw to defeat the evil deli man? One of the greatest bits of slapstick ever and it comes when slapstick had been dead for fifty years! Are there any other films you can be seen in and perhaps discuss?

[–] DevastationBob-3 14 years ago

I was going to say I saw the alien head makeup in that scene. What's even stranger though is how he would know that was happening at his conception. It's not like his parents would know what was going on up there. Very odd movie. But fun.

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