Sigourney Weaver
Headline:
'I've never been babe material'
Synopsis:
Really? Sci-fi fans wouldn't agree – and the alien-battling Ripley launched a stellar career.
It's hard to believe that Sigourney Weaver – credited with creating the first female action hero – turns 60 next year. It will also be 30 years since she emerged from deep space hyper-sleep in a white singlet to blast the "bitch" in Alien. Ask her how she feels about turning 60, and she laughs. "Bring it on," she says, sounding not unlike her fearless alter ego, Lt Ellen Ripley.
Weaver is one of few "women of a certain age" who haven't suffered a decline in the quality or quantity of work offered. This year, she's starred in five films; next year, there's four. "I am working more than ever, on more different things," Weaver says. "When you have children, you can't do that as much. But my daughter Charlotte has just gone away to college, so I hope to do a lot more."
Wanting work and getting work, however, are two different things. What's her secret? "I have absolutely no idea," she laughs. "I just know that I've always been interested in the story and I really haven't been interested in the parts. I haven't gone, 'Oh, it's time to show that I can do this.' I'd go, 'That's a great story.' I don't care what I play. I'll play a maid or I'll play a queen." ...
- Publish date:
- 28 November 2008
- Author:
- Gaynor Flynn
- Source:
- The Independent
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