Carl Weathers (wearing a prosthetic arm stump) with Jean-Claude Van Damme (wearing the “Original” Predator arm)
Sculpting Predator’s feet at Stan Winston Studio
(Left & Middle) Steve Wang sculpts muscle definition into the SWS Predator suit. (Right) Shane Mahan & John Rosengrant work on the Predator suit sculpture at Stan Winston Studio
The completed Predator body suit sculpture at Stan Winston Studio, ready for molding
A soon to be sleep-deprived Steve Wang works on design concepts for the Predator suit at Stan Winston Studio
SWS Predator team member Matt Rose takes the Predator head sculpture from rough to ready for molding
Predator crew member Michiko Tagawa works on the Predator head matrix mold at Stan Winston Studio
Steve Wang airbrushes various parts of the Predator suit
The finished shoulder cannon sculpture at Stan Winston Studio
SWS team members work on the Predator mask, cannon, & suit
Predator’s arm blades, complete and ready for installation
An early Predator sketch by Stan Winston
A series of Predator designs, rendered by Stan Winston. The last sketch most closely resembles the final creature
Two views of the Predator design maquette at SWS
Two views of the Predator design maquette at SWS
Kevin Peter Hall performs two legendary characters, Harry from Harry and the Hendersons and Predator’s alien hunter
Stan Winston Studio crew life-cast Kevin Peter Hall
An early test fitting of the Predator head and suit on Kevin Peter Hall, prior to installation of dreadlocks
Kevin Peter Hall wears his Predator contact lenses during a test fitting at Stan Winston Studio
Team Predator at Stan Winston Studio
During a break from the Predator shoot, Predator suit performer Kevin Peter Hall, and SWS team members Shane Mahan, Richard Landon, Matt Rose, Steve Wang and Shannon Shea explore the Mayan ruins in Palenque, Mexico
Part of the Predator team in Mexico (from left to right): Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, Brian Simpson, Kevin Peter Hall, Shannon Shea, Matt Rose, Richard Landon, and Steve Wang
Arnold Schwarzenegger with a snake in the Mexican jungle on the set of Predator
SWS team Brian Simpson, Shane Mahan, Steve Wang and local crew members assist suit performer Kevin Peter Hall prior to shooting the iconic shot of Predator rising out of the water
Howard Berger and Brian Simpson suiting up actor Kevin Peter Hall as the Predator
Team Predator in Mexico
One of the Predator stunt heads on the set
Completed Predator heads, with and without the Bio-Mask
Kevin Peter Hall on a break between takes
Stan Winston and Matt Rose finish suiting up Kevin Peter Hall in Palenque, Mexico
Kevin Peter Hall as the Predator on the set in Mexico
SWS crew members Howard Berger and Shannon Shea touch up the Predator before a take
Original Predator screening, Lyric Theater, 42nd Street, New York, 1987