Sigourney Weaver has called for the release of a director's cut of the 1999 science-fiction comedy classic Galaxy Quest, after revealing that a lot of scenes were cut very shortly before its release.
The film features an ensemble cast including Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub and Tim Allen, playing actors of a once-popular cult TV series, who are abducted by aliens that believe their outer-space adventures are real.
In a Vanity Fair video looking back across her illustrious career, which also includes Alien, Avatar and her deliciously villainous turn in Holes, Weaver spoke about working with the "amazing group" and lamented fans haven't been able to see more of it.
"I wish they would put out a director's cut of the movie because at the last minute Dreamworks decided to release the movie with some of the more sophisticated scenes cut that Alan was in, because it needed a kids' movie to go up against Stuart Little," she said.
Weaver also said that she couldn't understand "why they don't put out the movie again with more of his very very good strange and wonderful scenes".
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"I remember Bob Gordon had written a second and he wouldn't give it to Dreamworks because he felt they'd missed the boat," she added.
"We always meant to do a sequel and then with Alan passing away, we lost heart, but it was a great privilege to do this love letter to actors."
She also explained that she feels "great compassion and sisterhood" with her character Gwen, even more so than her most famous role.
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"I had really wanted to play Gwen because Gwen is much closer to me than Ripley is," she said.
"I wanted to play a young woman in that world of stardom who wants so much to be a star and who, because she is beautiful and bosomy and blonde, no-one takes seriously, not even the commander."
Galaxy Quest is available to stream with a Sky or NOW Cinema subscription.
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