Dec 26, 2025 11:59am PT Sigourney Weaver Stood Up to James Cameron on ‘Aliens’ After He Scolded a Young Actor: ‘When You Yell at an Actor, You Yell at All of Us’ By Zack Sharf Plus Icon Zack Sharf Digital News Director ZSharf Latest Sigourney Weaver Stood Up to James Cameron on ‘Aliens’ After He Scolded a Young Actor: ‘When You Yell at an Actor, You Yell at All of Us’ 1 hour ago Henry Cavill Wears Christopher Reeve’s Superman Suit in Newly Revealed Test Photos; Zack Snyder Says: ‘We Showed Warner Bros.’ and ‘Everyone Agreed Henry Was Superman’ 4 hours ago ‘The Office’ Star Melora Hardin ‘Burst Into Tears’ When Fired From ‘Back to the Future’ Amid Michael J. Fox Recasting Drama: ‘A Huge Disappointment’ 3 days ago See All Sigourney Weaver recently told The New York Times that she once stood up to James Cameron during their first movie together, 1986’s “Aliens.” The science-fiction action movie marked Weaver’s return as Ellen Ripley after the success of Ridley Scott’s “Alien.” Cameron was new to the franchise and was butting heads on set with a young female actor who was struggling with some of the props. “I sort of trundled up to him and I said, ‘You know, when you yell at an actor, you yell at all of us, so understand that what she was doing actually was very hard.
