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\nEric D Snider<\/strong> and Mental_Floss<\/strong><\/a> present 14 Things You Might Not Know About Aliens<\/em><\/a><\/b><\/span>. <\/b> Here are three of my favorites…<\/p>\n

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1. CONAN THE DESTROYER<\/em> HELPED IT GET MADE.<\/strong>
\nThe movie, not the guy. Based on the strength of his script for The Terminator<\/em> (then in pre-production), James Cameron was approached by 20th Century Fox to write an Alien<\/em> sequel. But the outline he came up with for Alien II<\/em> got a lukewarm reaction at Fox, and the idea was put on hold for the time being. Then, as luck would have it, the start date for The Terminator<\/em> was pushed back nine months so that Arnold Schwarzenegger could make Conan the Destroyer<\/em>, the sequel to his 1982 hit (in which Conan had been merely a Barbarian). This extra three-quarters of a year gave Cameron time to write three-quarters of a full screenplay for Alien II<\/em>, not just an outline. (He also co-wrote Rambo: First Blood Part II <\/em>during this time, by the way.) The Fox bosses liked what they read. Cameron was told that if The Terminator<\/em> proved successful, he could write and direct the Alien<\/em> sequel.<\/p>\n

3. SIGOURNEY WEAVER WAS PAID $35,000 FOR THE FIRST FILM, AND $1 MILLION FOR THE SEQUEL.<\/strong>
\nJames Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd (who became Mrs. James Cameron during pre-production) helped Weaver get what she deserved\u2014first by refusing to make the film without her, and also by refusing to keep it a secret that she was the only person in consideration for the lead role. Fox especially didn\u2019t like that second point, as it put Weaver\u2019s agent in a very strong bargaining position. Sure enough, Weaver got a million bucks and a percentage of the profits. It got better for Weaver as the franchise went on, with $4 million for Alien 3<\/em> and $11 million for Alien: Resurrection<\/em>.<\/p>\n

9. IT\u2019S THE ONLY ACTING THAT CARRIE HENN, WHO PLAYED YOUNG NEWT, EVER DID.
\n<\/strong>Henn was nine years old and living with her family at a U.S. Air Force base in England when casting agents found her. She loved the experience, remained friends with Sigourney Weaver afterward, was invited to the premiere of Alien 3<\/em> (even though she wasn\u2019t in the movie) … and never acted again. Instead, she became a schoolteacher.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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