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James Cameron: An Oral History

The Big Picture

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Sigourney Weaver's Alien

Sigourney Weaver first heard there would be a sequel to Alien, she didn't want to star in it. That is until she read the screenplay. "Every single page was my character Ripley, expanded and with all kinds of different levels of drama" She says that James Cameron responded by taking her to a shooting range.

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