Ridley Scott admits he was initially pissed off at James Cameron's Alien sequel

Signourney Weaver in Aliens
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Ridley Scott isn't one to mince his words, and he's certainly not holding back on the press tour for his upcoming period drama Napoleon. In a new interview with , the filmmaker was asked his thoughts on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:James Cameron's follow-up to his sci-fi hit Alien, 🔴to w𝔍hich he got, predictably, candid...

"When Jim called me up and said, 'Listen…', he was very nice but he said, 'This is tough, your beast is so uni🐷que,'" Scott recalled, admitting that he was in a low mood when the call came in due to 1982's Blade Runner underperforming at the box office. 

"'It's hard to make him as frightening again, now fไamiliar ground.' So he sꦉaid, 'I'm going in a more action, army kind of way.' I said, 'Okay.' And that's the first time I actually thought, 'Welcome to Hollywood'.

"Jim andꩲ I talk often. We're not exactly friends, but we do talk and he's a great guy. I was pissed. I wouldn't tell that to Jim, but I think I waꦬs hurt. I knew I'd done something very special, a one-off really. I was hurt, deeply hurt, actually because at that moment, I think I was damaged goods because I was trying to recover from Blade Runner."

Sir Ridley Scott

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Released in 1986, Aliens takes place decades after the original. It sees Sigourney Weaver's sole survivor Ellen Ripley return to the place where the Nostromo crew was attacked by a vicious extraterrestrial to investigate why the human colony, that has since been built on the site, has lost all communications. Knowing what's more than likely to greet her there, Ripley has a unit of Colonial Marines tag alo🍃ng on 🍸the mission, too, which shifted the sequel's tone significantly.

If, after reading the above, you're in the mood for something otherworldly but don't fancy an Aliens rewatch, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best sci-fi movies of all time for some viewing inspiration.

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