Sigourney Weaver on Alien Prequel

[deezelboy]

Relevant portions below:

Let's talk a bit about Alien. How do you feel about Ellen Ripley recently being named one of the most important science fiction and fantasy heroines of all time by the Web site Total Sci-Fi?

Oh, I didn't know that, but that's great. I was very pleased that MTV named her the second biggest badass in movie history, although I think she could take on Dirty Harry. That was cool. And it is the 30th anniversary of the first film. I love Ellen Ripley. She was a fascinating person to play in each incarnation and a great opportunity for a young actor.

Do you have any interest in being part of the planned Alien prequel movie, or appearing in the franchise ever again?

Well, I don't think that Ripley could appear in an Alien prequel because she doesn't have any access to the creature until the first Alien. But Ridley (Scott) is producing it and that makes me happy. I wasn't thrilled with the whole Alien Vs. Predator thing. I never saw them, but one of the reasons I died in (Alien) 3 was to not have anything to do with those (laughs). Just because, you know, I think it just seemed so economically motivated somehow. I feel we did four good movies, and I'm content with that. I hope if they do something new, they will encompass the idea of where the alien first came from, because I think that's an interesting idea -- to find out what happened and "how did it get to us?".

I know women who look up to you. My wife recently told me that she doesn't want to be Susie Homemaker, she wants to be Ellen Ripley. Growing up and studying acting, did you ever think you'd be playing such strong, iconic roles, such women of integrity?

I remember when they offered me the role of Ripley I was a little ambivalent and I remember thinking "Well, we don't get to do Henry V, so this is my Henry V." I think that when you're in an action movie it's great to mentally draw on all kinds of inspiration from theater and wherever, because you really need to animate a genre which is quite spare ... The fact was that we women never got to play these warriors and never got to play these leaders, and Ripley was that. And she was a great everyman kind of character, even though she was a woman. I think she represented the normal, ordinary person in extremis ... And she changes a lot in each one. It was a fascinating series to be a part of.

More at SciFi Squad.

[dude]

A (+) to you sir.

No surprise she's relieved the AvP's are dead!

[Hunter]

No surprise she's relieved the AvP's are dead!

Hallelujah brother! Testify!

[Tryfan915]

I think she represented the normal, ordinary person in extremis

Exactly. She wasn't a super woman or particularly bad ass, just resourceful.

[montezillo]

Nice find, deezelboy.

[BlackWatch]

deez is the master at finding Siggy interviews.

[LargeLeader]

Wait... she actually liked Resurrection?

[Hunter]

Hell, I like it compared to the AvPees.

[Ataraxia]

Interesting. It would be good to see her in an Alien film again, somehow, though I don't think it'll actually happen.

Where is this interview from?

[deezelboy]

Sci-Fi Squad.  Link's in the original post.

[NERMAL]

If I was to bring siggy back, it would be as a mutating monster, similar to Dr Smith in the Lost In Space movie, living in the sewers underneath some vast metropolis squirting out her own eggs from her baby cannon.

But thats just me.

[Company Man]

Maybe a computerized voice over. Like MOTHER or the chess computer from The Thing.

[Into the Void]

Hell, I like it compared to the AvPees.

Me too, except AvP, the first one, was enjoyable. It was also the first Alien film I saw in theatres so it holds a special place in my heart. =P