Carel Struycken (born July 30, 1948) is a Dutch character actor who is known for his large height of 7 ft 1 in and his distinctive face. He is also a photographer in his personal time.
The remake's storyline concerns the plight of a wealthy heiress whose close encounter with an enormous alien in his round spacecraft causes her to grow into a giantess, complicating her marriage which is already troubled by a philandering husband.
