stackyFACTSLong before Ridley Scott's deeply terrifying Xenomorph exclusively relied on advanced puppetry and seamless CGI, the imposing cinematic monster was simply portrayed by a deeply sweating, seven-foot-tall Nigerian graphic design student wearing a heavy, agonizingly hot rubber suit.
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