An Alien in Hollywood - Ronald Shusett
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May 7 2019 33m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Robin tells the story of how she met Ron ShusettChapter 2 22 sec
Introducing today’s episode, Alien: NostromoChapter 3 1 min
Pre-production of AlienChapter 4 49 sec
Casting AlienChapter 5 20 sec
The controversy behind Sigourney Weaver landing the lead role of Ellen RipleyChapter 6 3 mins
• “Sigourney got it by giving a brilliant reading. She was off-Broadway in a hit and they gave her a cold reading and she knocked it out of the park.”Chapter 7 49 sec
Figuring out the pacing of AlienChapter 8 3 mins
• “And so I said, “The movie doesn’t seem to be working. It’s slow and plodding. It’s the right version of the script but the pacing is off. It’s funereal instead of suspenseful.”Chapter 9 11 sec
An incredible crisis that developed among the actors of AlienChapter 10 4 mins
• “They were all not-name stars. They were all proven successes as character actors, but none of them could be prima donnas. But halfway through there became an incredible crisis with the whole cast. They almost all quit.”Chapter 11 2 mins
Giving Hollywood executives an ultimatumChapter 12 3 mins
The Chestburster SceneChapter 13 20 sec
• “And from then on, they were really scared of that monster. They’re performances showed it.”Chapter 14 1 min
Shooting in chronological order from the Chestburster scene onChapter 15 2 mins
Ron shares another behind the scenes moment from shooting AlienChapter 16 1 min
The nursery setChapter 17 2 mins
The impregnation of the alien