Entertainment Weekly caught up with Ridley Scott recently, who is in the process of promoting his latest contribution to the franchise, Alien: Covenant.
It turns out, if director Ridley Scott had his way, Ripley would have been a one-and-done heroine, because he was going to kill her off.
We think of Ridley Scott as this massive power in Hollywood but, in 1979, he wasn’t the man we know today.
Here is how Ridley Scott explains his idea for the original ending.