How old was Kurt Russell at Worlds Fair?

Kurt Russell was 11 in It Happened at the World's Fair when he played the character 'Child who kicks Mike at the fair'.

That was over 60 years ago in 1963.

Today he is 71, and has starred in 67 movies in total, 67 since It Happened at the World's Fair was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

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It Happened at the World's Fair scores 5.6 out of 10 on The Movie Database.

Kurt Russell's first acting role was as 'Child who kicks Mike at the fair' in It Happened at the World's Fair, released in 1963 when he was 12.

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Kurt Russell, in his screen debut, plays the boy who kicks Elvis Presley's shins. Recalling the scene years later, Russell says that he didn't want to do it, as Elvis was such a huge star and Russell was a fan of his. He says that finally Elvis paid him $5 to do it. Russell would later go on to play Elvis in the TV movie, Elvis (1979).

One of four films that Elvis Presley and Kurt Russell have in common. Russell appeared in the Elvis movie "It Happened At The World's Fair" (1963), he portrayed Presley in the TV movie "Elvis" (1979), he portrayed Presley again (voice only) in "Forrest Gump" (1994), and he played an Elvis impersonator in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2001). In "It Happened at the World's Fair," Elvis asks Russell (who was a young boy at the time), to kick him hard in the shin for which Elvis pays him 25 cents. In "3000 Miles to Graceland," this scene is parodied when a young boy runs on screen and kicks Russell (in full Elvis attire) in the shin.

Elvis' script from the movie is included in his exhibit at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The script is open at the page where Kurt Russell's character kicks Elvis in the shins.

The "futuristic" car in which Elvis finds Sue-Lin asleep is a General Motors Firebird III. Designed with a titanium steel skin, a "double bubble" canopy, and gull-wing doors, it was one of the world's first self-driving cars, and could be driven remotely using a joystick device. The Firebird III was displayed at the 1962 World's Fair, in the Washington State Pavilion (now known as Climate Pledge Arena), which was later the home of the Seattle Supersonics NBA basketball team, and is now the home of the Seattle Kraken NHL hockey team.

Vicky Tiu, the child actress who plays "Sue Lin" grew up to marry Ben Cayetano (Democratic Party), the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii in 1997. Tiu later said that, while Elvis Presley was a joy to work with, she hated working with director Norman Taurog. For a scene where Sue-Lin cries, Taurog got real tears from Vicky by telling her that her beloved grandmother had just died. (While directing the movie Skippy (1931), for which he won an Oscar, Taurog used a similar dirty trick to get real tears from his nephew, Jackie Cooper, by having his assistant pretend to shoot Cooper's dog.)

During the revolving restaurant scene in the Space Needle, the song "I'm Falling in Love Tonight" is sung live with the orchestra just behind the camera. Hence the applause at the end of the song.

Elvis Presley's best friend "Diamond" Joe Esposito makes an uncredited appearance in the film as the game attendant who gives Sue-Lin the red stuffed dog.

Elvis' wardrobe for the film cost almost $10,000.

The fourth film collaboration between Elvis Presley and director Norman Taurog.

As with all Elvis films needing shots in real locations, an adoring and often loud public fan base was unavoidable, making the challenges of portraying Elvis as an anonymous character very difficult. This film was especially challenging because so much continual presence in a heavily attended location was required as part of the story.

The Space Needle, monorail stations, and International Fountain all stand in 2022 Seattle. The monorail still transports passengers between downtown and the old exhibition grounds.

Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn had uncredited bit parts in the film,

A popular taste treat introduced at the Seattle fair was the Belgian waffle, as seen in this film.

Guy Raymond, Gary Lockwood and Yvonne Craig would all go on to appear in separate Star Trek (1966) episodes.

The three cars that Mike and Danny encounter while hitchhiking are: 1962 Ford Thunderbird, a 1962 Chevy Corvair, and a 1962 Chrysler Imperial.

When Elvis and Sue-Lin arrive at the monorail station, one of the shops in the background is Globe Optical, a company that still operates in downtown Seattle today.

A song was written about the fair (and the Space Needle) called "Wait 'Til You See What I Saw in Seattle." Copies of the sheet music were distributed as souvenir programs to guests, courtesy of sponsors Western Airlines and Samsonite Luggage. Interestingly, rival luggage company Skyway was actually founded in Seattle back in 1910.

The exterior for the front of Dorothy's house was called The Vinegar Tree House, located on MGM's backlot #2. It had been used two years earlier as the front of George's house in MGMs "The Time Machine." Although heavily re-decorated, the interior of Dorothy's house is the same set as George's as well.

Elvis used a pay telephone belonging to the Bell system to call Diane. While a few pay phones are still in existence in 2022, Bell Telephone is not, it's now part of AT&T/SBC telecommunications.

Yvonne Craig and Olan Soule, who played her father uncredited in the film, also had Batman ties with Craig. She played Batgirl on the 60s Batman TV series and Soule played a Newsreporter on the same series. Afterwards he was the voice of Batman in several seasons of the Superfriends cartoon series, who was then later replaced by Adam West who was Batman on the 60s TV series.

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