The small aliens in the final scenes were played by local girls...

The small aliens in the final scenes were played by local girls in Mobile, Alabama. That decision was requested by Spielberg because he felt “girls move more gracefully than boys.” (x)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

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