While breaking down her career timeline, Sigourney Weaver reflected on the 1999 satirical sci-fi comedy. Galaxy Quest and how she wishes the cult favorite had stuck to its initial R-rated weapons (or rather, its space lasers).
In a video interview with Vanity FairTHE Stranger The star said she identified more with her character Gwen, a hasbeen actress who resented her objectification in the film’s bygone space soap opera series, than she did with the steely Ripley in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic.
“I wanted to play a young woman in this world of celebrity, who wants so badly to become a star and because she’s beautiful and generous and blonde, no one takes her very seriously – not even the commander. And I felt a great compassion and a great sisterhood with Gwen and Tawny. [the fictional character she plays in the world of Galaxy Quest].”
Adding that she was “fortunate” to have worked with an “incredible group” of co-stars including Tim Allen, Tony Shalhoub and Alan Rickman, the Avatar The actress said: “I wish they would have released a cut of the film because at the last minute DreamWorks decided to release the film with some of the more sophisticated scenes that Alan was in because he needed a children’s film to contend with. [Columbia Pictures’] Stuart Petit. And why don’t they re-release the film with more of its very, very weird and wonderful scenes? »
Of the long-discussed sequel that never happened, Weaver said: “[Co-writer] Bob Gordon had written a second one, and he didn’t want to give it to DreamWorks because he just felt like they missed the boat on ours. And so we always intended to do a sequel, and then with Alan passing away, we just lost heart. But it was a great privilege to write this love letter to the actors.
Directed by Dean Parisot, the parody and loving homage to series like Star Trek centers on a group of alumni of a space TV show who are unwittingly drawn into an intergalactic conflict by aliens who believe their imaginary series is a depiction of real life.
Although talk of sequels circulated before and after Rickman’s death from pancreatic cancer in 2016, potential follow-ups have since stalled. However, the OG film’s producer Mark Johnson told Deadline earlier this year that a Galaxy Quest Television series are currently being written for CBS Studios.
