Bolaji Badejo

Bolaji Badejo
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Name	Bolaji Badejo
Aliases	None
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Gender	Male
Date of birth	1953
Date of death	1992
First appearance	Alien (1979)

Bolaji Badejo was a young African design student working in Nigeria when he met film director Ridley Scott. Taking note of Badejo's 7'2" frame, he immediately knew that he would be the perfect actor to play the part of the fully grown xenomorph in his sci-fi/horror film Alien. ^[1]

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Notes & Trivia[]

• Alien is Bolaji Badejo's only known film role to date.
• Scenes of Badejo out of the mask can be seen in The Alien Legacy documentary.
• Eddie Powell doubled as the alien in some of the stunt scenes.

External Links[]

• Bolaji Badejo at IMDB
• Bolaji Badejo at Xenopedia

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