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Doc Copper's nose ring in The Thing was the actor's own idea

3+ hour, 27+ min ago  (243+ words) Richard Dysart, who played Dr. Copper in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), showed up on the Antarctic set with a nose ring in his right nostril. Carpenter let it ride, which means a 50-something military camp physician in 1982 Antarctica has a…...