“I was hurt”: Ridley Scott very angry at James Cameron after Aliens

Ridley Scott vs. James Cameron

With the career he has, Ridley Scott he can afford to say pretty much whatever he wants without fear of consequences. This is why we like each of his releases which generally contain some great jokes. Like when he responded to criticism on Napoleon. OR his “fuck you“ addressed to those who found Blade Runner too slow.

The director has no problem evoking the past, even talking about topics that might be shocking. This was the case with Blade Runner, filming which was a bad experience for him. And this time he returned to another of his cult films: Alien. Or rather, following him. Because after making the first work of Ripley’s adventures, the director saw James Cameron takes care ofAliens, the return without the producers asking for his opinion. However, as he revealed Expirationthe director’s choicesAvatars Ridley Scott didn’t like it very much.

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If his Alien is a fairly intimate horror film with a creature that goes to massacre the passengers of a ship, the sequel, Aliens, the returnEast much more explosive with a group of monsters and a crowd of soldiers to face them. A change of atmosphere that Ridley Scott did not welcome warmly, but which he could not say anything about.

When (James Cameron) called me, he was very kind, but he said, “It’s difficult, your creature is so unique. It’s difficult to make it scary again, in familiar territory.” So he told me that he would go for more action and a more military style. I replied, ok. And that’s the first time I said, “Welcome to Hollywood.”

The director continues by being rather complimentary towards James Cameron, specifying that the two are not friends, but that he remains”a good boy” and that they often speak to each other. However, at that moment, Ridley Scott was really angry and even felt hurt seeing his creation distorted. A sensation which, according to him, would be linked to his previous experience in this regard Blade Runner and the battles he had to wage with the film’s producers.

I was angry. I wouldn’t say this to James Cameron, but I think I was hurt. I knew I had done something very special, which only happens once. I was hurt, deeply hurt. At that point I felt like a damaged product, because I was trying to recover from Blade Runner.

Years later, Ridley Scott managed to resume his work creating Prometheus (2012) e Alien: Covenant (2017). But this is also a source of problems for him, since he is then unable to achieve Blade Runner 2049which he regrets today.

Source: Cine Serie

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