"A script was sent to me: ' Aliens' by James Cameron," Weaver said."
""It was magnificent," she said. "The greatest script I had ever read. I was just blown away by the humor and the humanity and the action.""
""Sigourney shows up for the start of photography and I'm like, 'Here's your machine gun,' and she says, 'No, I can't touch a machine gun, I'm an anti-gun advocate!' I asked, 'Did you read the script?'""
""I read it," Weaver said. "I understood there were guns in it, I just didn't think Ripley had to pick up a gun except for a flamethrower.""
Sigourney Weaver unexpectedly received James Cameron's Aliens script while shooting another film and discovered Ripley on nearly every page. She called the script magnificent and praised its humor, humanity, and action. James Cameron felt nervous meeting Weaver for his studio directing debut but found her warm and receptive to his vision for the character. A clash arose when Weaver, an anti-gun advocate, refused to handle a machine gun, believing Ripley would only use a flamethrower. Cameron convinced her to try the weapon by taking her behind the studio and having her fire it.
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