Ripley Actor Sigourney Weaver Shares Thoughts on Alien: Earth

Sigourney Weaver recently shared her thoughts on Alien: Earth, the first live-action TV project in the Alien franchise. Weaver gained recognition as an actress with her performance as Ellen Ripley in 1979’s Alien.

She reprised her role in two subsequent movies: Aliens (1986) and Alien 3 (1992). Weaver also voiced the character in the 2014 video game Alien: Isolation. For her outing in Aliens, Weaver even received an Oscar nod for Best Actress in 1987.

Sigourney Weaver is ‘really enjoying’ Alien: Earth

In an interview with PEOPLE, Sigourney Weaver revealed that she is “really enjoying” Noah Hawley’s Alien Earth during an appearance PEOPLE/EW and Shutterstock Studio at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

“What I admire about it is the scope is so much more profound than just an Alien movie,” the actress said. “It’s about our world and what’s dominating the world in 100 years, and to me it’s right on.”

Weaver’s latest feature, action horror thriller Dust Bunny, premiered on Monday at TIFF as part of Midnight Madness. The cast also includes Mads Mikkelsen, David Dastmalchian, Rebecca Henderson, and Sophie Sloan. It premieres in US theaters this December.

Reflecting on what Hawley has accomplished with Alien: Earth, Weaver lauded the concept of the “new creatures based on children.” This is likely a reference to the hybrids like Sydney Chandler’s Wendy, who was created by implanting the consciousness of a terminally ill child into a synthetic body.

“All these things are so remarkable and they’re just building and building and building,” Weaver added.

According to Weaver, the new monsters and creatures in Alien: Earth make it hard to believe that she is watching a TV show. “And the monsters that he’s also bringing in are just terrifying. It’s like, we don’t have enough problems with the alien, we need 50 more,” Weaver praised. “I can’t believe I’m watching TV.”

Alien: Earth airs on FX and FX on Hulu weekly on Tuesdays.

Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on SuperHeroHype.

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