The role of the film’s protagonist was filled by Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver in a career-defining performance.
Sigourney Weaver would reprise her role as Ripley for a brief cameo in the video game Alien: Isolation.
“I still think there’s a lot of mileage in ‘Alien,’ but I think you’ll have to now re-evolve.
“I think the idea actually came from Alan Ladd Jr. I think it was Alan Ladd [then president of 20th Century Fox] who said, ‘Why can’t Ripley be a woman?’