Sigourney Weaver's character in Alien survived for a reason!
Ridley Scott explains the original Alien chestbuster scene – Director's Commentary
Ridley Scott, the genius director behind some of the films such as Alien, The Martian and Gladiator, almost made his 1979 film a traumatic experience for millions of fans.
As a director who often works in the field of sci-fi, Ridley Scott directed and created the iconic film Alien from 1979. Starring Sigourney Weaver, the film was something very special.
As Weaver portrays Ellen Ripley's character in the film, all of her crewmates begin to die one by one, dying at the hands of the alien Xenomorph aboard the Nostromo.
