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Only James Cameron Could Get Away With This Risky Decision and Make It Work
James Cameron made a potential risky decision regarding the character Newt alongside Sigourney Weaver in Aliens that thankfully paid off.
The success of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror hit Alien would inevitably lead to demand for a sequel. When it came time to make that movie, 20th Century Fox must have seen James Cameron as a safe bet, since years earlier, Cameron had his own share of breakout success with his sci-fi thriller, The Terminator. With Cameron in place to write and direct what would eventually become Aliens, he took what was a relatively simple sci-fi premise and took it into new areas.
