Why Ridley Scott Didn’t Direct Aliens
Why Ridley Scott Didn’t Direct Aliens
Despite the critical and commercial success of the Alien movie, the movie’s director, Ridley Scott, was not asked to direct the sequel, Aliens. Alien was released by 20th Century Fox in 1979 and starred Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holmes, and Yaphet Kotto. The sci-fi horror movie followed the commercial spaceship Nostromo’s crew as they battled a deadly Xenomorph that quickly decimated the crew, leaving one survivor, Ellen Ripley (Weaver). Scott’s formative influence on this now iconic plot was notably lacking in Aliens.
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Despite the success of the sci-fi horror classic Alien, the sequel’s producers surprisingly wanted James Cameron to direct instead of Ridley Scott.
