Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. A figure in science fiction and popular culture, she has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
Beginning her career in off-Broadway shows, Sigourney Weaver went on to do science fiction movies over the next three decades
Her role in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall only earned her $50
Her first role was in Woody Allen’s 1977 film Annie Hall, where she briefly appears towards the end as the unnamed date of Allen’s character Alvy. For the role, Weaver (who’s shot from such a distance she’s barely recognizable) was paid just $50.
Ridley Scott made Weaver do her own stunts in Alien
Alien’s director Ridley Scott insisted that Weaver should do all her own stunts in the film, and the indefatigable actress gladly rose to the challenge. Weaver was faced with harsh filming conditions and reported being “freezing” while filming in a flimsy T-shirt in the middle of winter. However, the steely actress was determined to get on with the task at hand. She managed to satisfy Scott and succeeded in pulling off all her own stunts.
In 1986, Weaver reprised her Ripley role for the Alien sequel, Aliens, which garnered the star an Academy Award nomination for best actress
Sigourney Weaver was the only star to appear in Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien³ (1992), and Alien: Resurrection (1997) based on the Dan O’Bannon screenplay
[on hoping to do another Alien movie] ”I could definitely kick that alien’s ass again. And while I can’t speak for them, I think Fox, once you’re 60, you’re not going to be starring in an action movie. I think it’s too bad that that’s the case. I would have liked to do one last story where we go back to the planet, where Ripley’s history is resolved. But I do feel like her story is unfinished.”
