With Aliens’ big 40th anniversary looming above us in July, Empire Magazine is leading the celebratory fun with a huge 14-page spread with interviews that reunite James Cameron, Michael Biehn, Sigourney Weaver and Jenette Goldstein, as well an interview with John Richardson, the special effects supervisor on Aliens!
This month’s magazine is a major Aliens blowout bringing James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, and Jenette Goldstein back together for a huge reunion interview in which they look back at their time making one of the greatest sequels of all time, reflecting on cast dynamics, their favourite scenes, and why it still holds up four decades later. Plus, we speak to Aliens special-effects supervisor John Richardson about the creation of the pulse rifle, the Powerloader, the alien queen and more; and get the inside story on London’s immersive Alien War tie-in game. It’s a massive celebration across 14 pages, sure to make Aliens fans’ chests burst with excitement.
This past week Empire have been releasing snippets from the interviews in the anniversary edition, teasing the impending release today! The production of Aliens was notoriously difficult for the crew, with clashes of both culture and personality. In one preview of the interview released by Empire, Sigourney recounted to Cameron her response to the writer/director after the production.
“We were having dinner one night with Gale and I suddenly said, “You know, you’re really funny. Where was this guy all the way through that shoot?!” she says. “I just don’t think you could [be like that], because you had all of that proving yourself to the crew. They thought, ‘Who is this guy? He’s not Ridley Scott!’ It was such bullshit.” It couldn’t be clearer now that Cameron was the only person who could make Aliens. “It’s so hard to make a movie like this, and then to have to deal with all of that for weeks,” says Weaver. “They finally opened their eyes and went, ‘Oh fuck, we’re working with a master and this is going to be a great movie.’”
Empire also released a snippet discussing the last time everyone had seen the film which you can read here. You can find the 40 Years of Aliens issue of Empire magazine on store shelves today, or you can order a copy online. Let us know about any interesting comments or stories in the comments section below!
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