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Hicks was originally starred by James Lima, but a few days after the film entered the official shooting, Cameron replaced the role with Michael Bain. Director Cameron used "the difference in artistic viewpoints" to explain the problems between him and Lima. In the end Lima still appeared at the end of the film, wearing the same armor, and filming from the back, so it seems that you can't see the difference between the two actors at all.
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Before the filming of the film began, all crew roles received two weeks of training in the Royal Air Force Secret Service (except for Michael Bain, who later replaced other actors). At the same time, they also asked to read Robert Heinlein's novel "Starship Paratrooper" (that is, the original work of the movie "Starship Troopers").
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Sigourney Weaver, the heroine actor, was very hesitant at first and refused to play the role of Ripley again. She declined the invitation of Fox Corporation several times because she was worried that her role would be badly written in the sequel. Destroy the good reputation already established in the first film. After reading the high-quality script of James Cameron, she was deeply moved, especially the emphasis on the relationship between the image of Ripley as a mother and her daughter, and Cameron was still very impressed. The character was portrayed meticulously, and finally she agreed to star in "Alien 2".
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In an interview, the music master James Horner revealed that when he was scoring the film, James Cameron only gave him a very limited amount of time. In order to complete the task, he had to take out some of the music he had composed before. Synthesized together, including the main melody and the music in the ending song. Horner also said that the high-intensity work pressure with Cameron in the post-production process made him believe that he never wanted to continue working together. Only later Cameron was very impressed by Horner's soundtrack in "Brave Heart" (1995), so he invited him to score "Titanic" (1997).
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When signing a contract with Sigourney Weaver, James Cameron and Gail Anne Hurd were newly married shortly after the producer declared that if they had not negotiated before the end of their honeymoon, then they would be finished. In fact, after the two came back, there was no progress, James Cameron simply decided to start making the movie, regardless of the originally stated deadline, and at the same time concocted a "conspiracy": he called Arnold Schwartz Singer’s agent told the other party in a casual chat that he was very grateful for the new field he created in Hollywood, "The Terminator" (The Terminator 1984). Cameron decided to make this new film completely according to his own ideas. Ripley wrote it in, with a Marine as the protagonist, and invited Schwarzenegger to play it. Just as Cameron expected, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s agent immediately relayed the news to his colleague Sigourney Weaver’s agent, who then collaborated with Twentieth Century Fox’s agent. The chief producer Lawrence Gordon got in touch, and the two unanimously decided that Ripley must be written into the script anyway, so they started to work on the signing of Sigourney Weaver without stopping.
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The Alien Nest set in "Alien 2" was still intact after the filming ended, and was later used in the movie "Batman" (Batman 1989). Before the "Batman" staff saw these sets for the first time, they were delighted to find that the Alien Nest was complete.
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The film was produced in England, and the director and producer are still constantly looking for many American actors living in England to audition, especially for the actress to play Newit, she must be a minor. The actor Carrie Hein is indeed an American who lives in England with her family. In fact, she can still hear some British accents when she speaks. The brother Timmy in the movie is indeed her brother Christopher Hein in real life.
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The role played by Michael Bain has to be bitten by another character. It’s very interesting that this happens in every movie he starred in James Cameron, "The Abyss" (The Abyss 1989) and "Terminator" (1984).
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Al Matthews, who plays a naval officer in the film, is the first black naval officer promoted during his service in the Vietnam War in real life.
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Since writing "Terminator", James Cameron has become a famous sci-fi movie screenwriter in Hollywood. In addition to writing the script of "Alien 2", at the same time, "First Blood 2" also asked him to be a screenwriter. Cameron was confident that he could write two scripts in half a year and took on these two jobs at the same time. He finished "First Blood 2" first, but the producers kept asking him to modify it, which delayed a lot of time. Before the filming of "Terminator", Cameron only wrote more than 60 pages, and he bit his head. Call to explain the situation. Producer Hill was furious and said, "Don't want to hang up in Hollywood", and hung up the phone. Afterwards, another foreign producer Ji Le looked at his script and thought it was good, saying that they would wait for Cameron to finish filming "Terminator" and then come back to film "Alien 2".
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Among the alien eggs that have appeared in the film, one of them has been kept for exhibition at the Smithsonian South Research Institute in Washington, USA.
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Michael Bain was told on the phone on Friday night that Hecks starred in "Alien 2", and will start filming in London next Monday.
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James Horner had only six weeks to score the soundtrack for the film, but after he arrived in London, he found that the film was actually still being filmed and rarely edited. In order to start his work, he had to sit there and wait for three more weeks.
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Factual error: Second Lieutenant Gorman mentioned that these pulse guns fired 10mm shellless ammunition. The shellless ammunition in the gun is designed to be used for all bullets and the bullet does not need to be protected by the shell. However, it can be seen in many places in the movie that the pulse gun spit out the shell when shooting.
Aliens behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Ripley: It's very pretty Bishop but what're we looking for?
Bishop: [pointing at gas coming from the reactor] That's it. The emergency venting.
Private Hudson: Oh, that's beautiful, man. Oh man, that-that-that just beats it all.
Corporal Hicks: How long till it blows?
Bishop: Four hours. With a blast radius of thirty kilometers, equal to about forty megatons.
Corporal Hicks: We got problems.
Private Hudson: I don't believe this. I don't fucking *believe* this!
Corporal Hicks: Vasquez, close the shutters.
Ripley: Why can't we shut it down from here?
Bishop: I'm sorry, the crash caused too much damage. An overload... is inevitable at this point.
Private Hudson: Oh, man... and I was getting short. Four more weeks and out. Now I'm going to bite it on this rock. It ain't fair, man!
Private Vasquez: Hudson, give us a break!
Private Hudson: Four more weeks. Oh, man...
Ripley: Well, we gotta get the other dropship from the Sulaco. I mean, there must be some way of bringing it down on remote.
Private Hudson: How? The transmitter was on the APC. It's wasted.
Ripley: Well, I don't care how but we better think of something. We better think of a way.
Private Hudson: Think of what? We're *fucked*!
Corporal Hicks: [shouting over Hudson] Shut up!
Private Hudson: We're doomed!
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Lieutenant Gorman: All right, let's see what we can see.