Sigourney Weaver Profile – Episode #40 (October 6th, 2015)

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4.9 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2015

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Popcorn Talk proudly presents Profiles with Malone and Mantz! In this vodcast series hosts Alicia Malone and Scott "Movie" Mantz break down and focus on some of the most prolific Hollywood directors, writers and actors in the entertainment industry - past & present. Today it's all about Sigourney Weaver... So who else to discuss Sigourney than with Ivan Reitman, James Cameron, and Sigourney Weaver herself!. Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver; October 8, 1949) is an American actress and film producer. Following her film debut as a minor character in Annie Hall, she quickly came to prominence in 1979 with her first lead role as Ellen Ripley in Alien. She reprised the role in three sequels: Aliens (1986), for which she was nominated for anAcademy Award Best Actress; Alien 3 (1992), and Alien: Resurrection (1997). Weaver is also known for her starring roles in the box-office hits Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), and Avatar(2009). A seven-time Golden Globe Award no Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Popcorn Talk Network.
0:02.5	For the online broadcast network that features movie discussion, news, and interviews, press one.
0:09.3	Popcorn Talk, we talk movies.
0:26.4	From the Popcorn Talk Network, the online broadcast network for movie talk,
0:29.4	Alicia Malone with Scott Moviemance and the Schmo's Know.
0:30.7	This is Profile.
0:34.9	In-depth spotlights on the greatest filmmakers and artists in motion picture history.
0:43.0	Hello, Profilers. Boy, doesn't feel good to say that. We are back. This is going to be a Profiles to Remember. This is one for the books in more ways than one,
0:50.2	I would say. Yes, we've been waiting for this and it ends up being a bit of a celebration
0:54.3	because Matt's back. Back! And even though he's down a kidney, you still look like a full man.
0:59.5	This episode, we started shooting this episode, I had two kidneys and I'm going to finish it with one.
1:04.9	You won't be able to tell. But this is our 40th episode. This is a very, very special person that we're spotlighting today.
1:13.7	Yes.
1:14.3	And when we decided to spotlight this amazing, legendary actress, we just looked at each other and said, why didn't we do her sooner?
1:22.9	Of course, we were talking about Sigourney Weaver.
1:26.8	What is it about Sigourney Weaver that makes her literally a legend.
1:31.4	She is the queen of sci-fi.
1:34.0	She's got such an iconic character she created with Ripley,
1:38.9	who's still the strongest, most badass female hero
1:43.4	we've seen in action movies. She's also done a lot of
1:47.8	great comedy. She's done a lot of drama and she's just a really intelligent, elegant woman.
1:54.5	Delicate, intelligent. And she can play ballbusters. She can play nice, lovely ladies. She's great.
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