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Alien's tragic star: The cruel fate of 7ft-tall Nigerian student who played monster in 1979 film after chance sighting - as new show airs


Nigerian art student Bolaji Badejo was the man chosen to play the eponymous monster after Scott's casting director spotted him in a pub.

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