Big (Not Always) Friendly Giants: Size Up These Movie Behemoths

The BFG, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Roald Dahl story, stomps into theaters this weekend. In it, Mark Rylance stars as the “Big Friendly Giant” referred to by the title, who befriends a young orphan girl and helps her fend off his evil, human-eating compatriots. Rylance joins the ranks of actors who have played and voiced giants on screen (though you may think of some as just The VTP — Very Tall People) we salute here.