Sigourney Weaver Stood Up to James Cameron on ‘Aliens’ After He Scolded a Young Actor: ‘When You Yell at an Actor, You Yell at All of Us’
By Zack Sharf
According To The variety Sigourney Weaver recently told The New York Times that she once stood up to James Cameron during their first movie together, 1986’s “Aliens.” The science-fiction action movie marked Weaver’s return as Ellen Ripley after the success of Ridley Scott’s “Alien.” Cameron was new to the franchise and was butting heads on set with a young female actor who was struggling with some of the props.
“I sort of trundled up to him and I said, ‘You know, when you yell at an actor, you yell at all of us, so understand that what she was doing actually was very hard. Maybe shoot something else while she gets used to doing this stuff the way you want it,’” Weaver remembered.
Cameron took her advice, she added. Weaver said: “He’s a good g...
