ADWatts
2006-01-06 00:54:02 UTC
This is probably old stuff (couldn't find a date for the
interview), but it's the first time I'd seen it, and it was
pretty interesting.
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Sigourney Weaver on Alien Future
During the Village junket, Sigourney Weaver got asked her requisite Alien
questions, and seemed to say two different things. Some reports said she was
done with the series, others said that she would do one more. Now, Weaver
clarifies.
"What I was saying probably was that Ridley Scott and I had talked about
doing one more where we go back to the original planet and see what these
creatures came out of, but I think that it would be probably unlikely that a
major studio would go for it only because one of the lead characters would
be a 55-year-old woman," Weaver said. "I don't think the audience would care
at all because I don't think we're as ageist as the business is. So I think
that we'd be game."
That said, some heavy production work would have to be done before she could
get involved. "We're both so busy that I'm not going to sit down and write
the whole script. And I didn't rush to see Alien vs. Predator which looked
awful to me, like a video game. But I just hope that the alien won, because
predator is such a stupid looking creature."
When told that in fact the aliens lost, Weaver got dramatic. "I'm offended.
I need to take a shower." Still, she had one nice thing to say, "The actress
who played the Ripley character, I saw in 'Raisin in the Sun'. She's
wonderful. Sanaa Lathan."
But would a studio really resist the opportunity to get Ridley Scott and
Sigourney Weaver back together for an Alien movie? "It would have to be Fox
because they own it. I think Ridley would have to stamp his foot a few
times, but would they do it? I don't know. Maybe they would give us a pretty
low budget to do it. The first one, we made for $14 million. Of course, that
was the dark ages in 1978, but I don't think it takes a lot of money. You
just have to think. I don't know, I'm never out here long enough to call
Ridley and say, 'So, what's happening.' But we do feel there's no rush
really. The planet will still be there. I just have to be unemployed long
enough to come up with a good idea. It's fun. I miss those clothes."
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I still don't hold much hope for it happening, but it would
be so great to see Ridley Scott back at the helm of an
Alien film.
I can dream anyway . . .
Loved her comments on AvP, too. :-)
Ahmed
interview), but it's the first time I'd seen it, and it was
pretty interesting.
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Sigourney Weaver on Alien Future
During the Village junket, Sigourney Weaver got asked her requisite Alien
questions, and seemed to say two different things. Some reports said she was
done with the series, others said that she would do one more. Now, Weaver
clarifies.
"What I was saying probably was that Ridley Scott and I had talked about
doing one more where we go back to the original planet and see what these
creatures came out of, but I think that it would be probably unlikely that a
major studio would go for it only because one of the lead characters would
be a 55-year-old woman," Weaver said. "I don't think the audience would care
at all because I don't think we're as ageist as the business is. So I think
that we'd be game."
That said, some heavy production work would have to be done before she could
get involved. "We're both so busy that I'm not going to sit down and write
the whole script. And I didn't rush to see Alien vs. Predator which looked
awful to me, like a video game. But I just hope that the alien won, because
predator is such a stupid looking creature."
When told that in fact the aliens lost, Weaver got dramatic. "I'm offended.
I need to take a shower." Still, she had one nice thing to say, "The actress
who played the Ripley character, I saw in 'Raisin in the Sun'. She's
wonderful. Sanaa Lathan."
But would a studio really resist the opportunity to get Ridley Scott and
Sigourney Weaver back together for an Alien movie? "It would have to be Fox
because they own it. I think Ridley would have to stamp his foot a few
times, but would they do it? I don't know. Maybe they would give us a pretty
low budget to do it. The first one, we made for $14 million. Of course, that
was the dark ages in 1978, but I don't think it takes a lot of money. You
just have to think. I don't know, I'm never out here long enough to call
Ridley and say, 'So, what's happening.' But we do feel there's no rush
really. The planet will still be there. I just have to be unemployed long
enough to come up with a good idea. It's fun. I miss those clothes."
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I still don't hold much hope for it happening, but it would
be so great to see Ridley Scott back at the helm of an
Alien film.
I can dream anyway . . .
Loved her comments on AvP, too. :-)
Ahmed