Sigourney Weaver is âso gladâ her âAlienâ alter ego is still popular.
The 71-year-old actress first played Ellen Ripley in Sir Ridley Scott's 1979 movie and sheâs proud of the characterâs legacy because she was so much more strong and heroic than other females in films of the time.
She said: âIâm so glad Ripleyâs had that staying power.
âIn those days, films would always have a scene where the girl in the skirt is doing something heroic and then sheâll break down. Well, Walter Hill and David Giler never wrote Ripley like that.
âThese were guys, like Ridley, who loved women and were with strong women so it was natural to them to create a character like her.