Galaxy Quest's Thermian aliens were a masterclass in acting

It only took a couple decades, but it feels like it finally gets the proper respect and love it deserves since we described it as a spoof of Star Trek. The ensemble cast, the loving ode to sci-fi serials, the Grabthar's Hammer, and Rainn Wilson are all just so much fun and joyous and you can see a very young Rainn Wilson as one of them.

Speaking of which! The recent rediscovered behind-the-scenes featurette highlighted at Digg dives into what made the wide-eyed, screech-voiced ETs so great in the first place: Their performances are a masterclass in physical comedy and timing overseen by Enrico Colantoni, the veteran character actor who portrayed.

Everyone from Missi Pyle to Tim Allen to the late Alan Rickman seem to have nothing but praise for the actor.

I learned a vocal exercise at Yale. Colantoni says it's just a touching of all the resonators. Dean Parisot confirms that he cast him as Mathesar only to later point to Colantoni and inform the rest of the Thermian actors.

Colantoni told us back in 2016 that he had carte blanche to make shit up when he was given the chance to try out for serial killers or aliens. I said I was going to make him come to your door on a Sunday afternoon just like a youth.