Ever since she faced down the slobbering Xenomorph in Ridley Scott's 1979 space horror Alien, Sigourney Weaver has been cemented as a science fiction icon in the minds of movie fans.
In the years since, she reprised her role as Alien's Ellen Ripley on three separate occasions, starred in a pair of Ghostbusters movies and featured in genre trailblazer Avatar (the highest grossing film of all time).
Weaver's CV is also full of many more great sci-fi roles, including the villain in Paul, cult comedy Galaxy Quest and this week's robocomedy Chappie.
Digital Spy sat down with Weaver to talk through how she feels about being seen as a sci-fi icon, the marathon shoot for Avatar 2, 3 and 4, and the offer she made to Paul Feig to appear in Ghostbusters 3.
Chappie opens in cinemas on March 6.
Watch Weaver and director Neill Blomkamp discuss their new Alien film below:
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