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'Alien' star Weaver hates watching scary movies

The 75-year-old actress made the surprise comment during a late-night talk show

'Alien' star Weaver hates watching scary movies

US actress Sigourney Weaver waves as she leaves the Excelsior pier during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido, on August 29, 2024.

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Sigourney Weaver shot to fame playing Ellen Ripley in the 1979 space sci-fi flick and three follow-ups

She recently made an appearance in "Nosferatu," a new remake of a 1922 black-and-white cult horror film

"Alien" star Sigourney Weaver dislikes seeing "scary films" and tries to avoid them, she said in a television interview to air on Friday.

Weaver, 75, who shot to fame playing Ellen Ripley in the 1979 space sci-fi flick and three follow-ups, made the surprise comment during a late-night BBC talk show.

"I hate watching scary films. I don't mind acting in them, but I don't want to see them," she told the show's host Graham Norton.

She appeared alongside English actor Nicholas Hoult, who stars in "Nosferatu," a new remake of a 1922 black-and-white cult horror film.

Hoult revealed he had been nervous during filming and had "jumped so badly at one scene" during a Berlin screening because the movie was so "scary."

Weaver spoke ahead of her theatre debut in London's West End on Saturday, playing Prospero in Shakespeare's "The Tempest", directed by Jamie Lloyd.

It will be her first stage performance in 12 years, and Weaver said she is "having the time of my life" working on the production.

"I love working with Jamie Lloyd, who has a great, organic, and supportive process; we have an excellent company and an exquisite theatre.

"Thank God it is like riding a bike, and I enjoy Shakespeare so much. It feels so natural to me, which is a nice discovery, and the whole thing has been a wonderful surprise."

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