Cherubic Gertie is so adorable and full of wonder in this classic family movie, she almost steals the show from the titular alien.
Reportedly, the famous line she utters when she first meets E.T. - "I don't like his feet" - was ad-libbed by Drew Barrymore, who was only six at the time.
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