Sigourney Weaver Gets Emotional As She Talks About Her Work’s Connection To Kamala Harris — Venice Film Festival
deadline.comSigourney Weaver welled up today at the Venice Film Festival as she considered whether her work had impacted the rise of Kamala Harris.
In response to a reporter who linked her role as Ripley in Alien to Kamal Harris, Weaver considered the thought and tears filled her eyes as she said: “We’re all so excited about Kamala and to think for one moment that my work would have anything to do with her rise makes me very happy, actually, because it’s true.
I have so many women who come and thank me.” She then joked, “Sorry, I need my vodka,” to lighten the mood, as journalists in the room clapped in unison.
Weaver paid tribute to Alien writers David Giler and Walter Hill for writing the Ridley character in Alien. “My character was a person, not a woman,” she said. “They are two of the very few writers who can write a script as just a person.
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