Hook followed the adventures of an older Peter Pan heading back to Neverland and reconnecting with the Lost Boys, but Peter doesn`t remember his previous life as an eternal teenager. However, one of the most memorable things about the film is the new leader of the Lost Boys, Rufio--played by Dante Basco. While the character is iconic today, Basco wasn`t too sure about his costume upon seeing it for the first time.When filming for Hook started, Basco was 15 years old, and when he saw Rufio`s costume for the first time, it was a bit of a shock. `I wanted to be cool,` Basco explained to GameSpot. `You got to understand, in `91, we`re hip hop. We`re baggy everything, extra large jeans, extra large sweaters. I`m coming to the set everyday hip hop, like I`m from the neighborhood, and then they`re like, `Put on these tights.` Red tights? What? `Put on these skin tight jeans.` Then, they`re like, `Put on this skin tight shirt.```Hold on a second. Let`s cut it and have your belly button showing.` I`m like, `What? A midriff?` Then, they put on this Michael Jackson jacket. Michael Jackson ain`t cool in `91. Michael Jackson was cool in like `85, right? Now I got this Michael Jackson jacket on. It`s got all the tassels and stuff, and I`m like is there a loin cloth? What`s going on here?`For as unsure as a young Dante Basco was about the costume and the three red mohawks he had to wear to portray Rufio, he didn`t think it was final. `You got to be civil, because it`s just a test,` Basco said. `I`m like maybe this is not going to be the look. This is just, we`re just trying something, and then they bring me around the corner, and Steven Spielberg, they`re like, `Steven, we got to show you something. This is Rufio.` I walk around the corner, and then Steven just turns around real slow, and he`s like, `Yes. Yes.` And I`m like, `Yeah? Yeah?` I just think to myself my belly button`s going to be out for the whole frigging movie. But, now it`s cool. Now it`s cool.`I had no choice. N ...
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