How Firing A Key Cast Member Changed Aliens Forever
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Published 2022-10-03
When James Cameron wanted to make a sequel to Ridley Scott's sci-fi epic Alien, there was a lot at stake. Not only was Cameron relatively inexperienced at the time, but the notion of making a sequel to Alien was hard to get green lit. Even as production got started James Cameron hit a pretty substantial speed bump. His original actor playing Cpl. Hicks was fired from production, only to be replaced with a completely new person. But why exactly did they fire the original Cpl. Hicks from Aliens?
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Written by Dave Baker
Edited by Paul Ritchey
All Comments (21)
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Killing off Newt and Hicks off screen wounded this franchise big time, I remember watching Alien 3 and losing a lot of interest when it confirmed they were killed.
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Michael Biehn is the ultimate“that guy” in so many great movies and never gets enough credit for it.
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Kyle Reese, Col Hicks, and Johnny Ringo. Michael played 3 of the most memorable characters in 3 of the most timeless films in modern cinema. All in like 10 years. Gifted actor.
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Paxton being the hidden hero here. He faced all of them: Terminator, Alien and Predator
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I still haven't gotten over it. Killing off Hicks was absolutely unforgivable.
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Hicks can stand shoulder to shoulder with Aragorn and Marty McFly as great last minute recasts that saved iconic films
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Michael Biehn is the most underrated action star of all time.
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Michael Biehn is such a pro's pro. Come in at the last minute and make a gigantic impact on an iconic movie.
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Biehn is always a memorable character in his movies. Underrated.
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I've never even considered "Hicks" and "Reese" as the same person. So different but both awesome. Thank you Michael Biehn
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Is it no surprise that Michal Biehn is also in The Abyss, another James Cameron masterpiece
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Michael Biehn is a family friend. Both our families live in Arizona, and I've worked with his wife on a film shot at Old Tucson. I was so excited a few years ago, when he started posting news of an Alien sequel that was going to retcon Alien 3, and have Hicks return. Alas, nothing came of that. I loved his role in Aliens, but sadly it seems as if we'll have to cherish all the more the one Alien film with him in it.
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Remar has basically said he fucked up, and that Cameron was right in firing him in that situation, he's never bad blooded either Cameron or the film itself. And that's class...
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Michael Biehn was perfect as Hicks and was also prefect as Reese. As the video said "steely yet vulnerable"
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The real tragedy Aliens was that we never got the true sequel we deserved.
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That line to Vasquez, and her reply - best line in the film =o)
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‘I like to keep this handy……for close encounters’. Just about the most badass line of all time.
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Michael Biehn is good in all his movies
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Sigourney Weaver actually got an Oscar nomination for playing Ripley, which was huge
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Hicks, Newt and Bishop were such fantastic characters, and each of them had their own unique chemistry with Ripley. After all this time, I still can't wrap my head around the sheer stupidity of killing them off. All I can do is view it the same way I view Terminator: There were only ever two (utterly fantastic) film in the series. The others simply don't exist!
