Sigourney Weaver Hopes GALAXY QUEST Director's Cut Gets Released to Honor "Very Strange and Wonderful" Alan Rickman

Sigourney Weaver has been a part of so many fun and lasting roles over the years, with Alien, Ghostbusters, Avatar, Dave, The Village, Wall-E, Finding Dory, Gorillas in the Mist, and of course Galaxy Quest, a quirky little space sci-fi comedy that has remained a fan favorite since its release in 1999. Weaver talked about many of these projects and more in a recent sit down with Vanity Fair, where she spoke about Galaxy Quest, and the hopes the cast had to make a sequel before the loss of their great co-star Alan Rickman.

“I’ve been so fortunate to work with these great ensembles, Tony Shalhoub and Alan Rickman. I mean, it was just an amazing group,” she reminisced about the experience. She went on, “I wish they’d put out a director’s cut of the movie because at the last minute, DreamWorks decided to release the movie with some of the more sophisticated scenes cut that Alan was in—because it needed a kids’ movie to go up against Stuart Little.”

She hopes the studio might consider releasing a director’s cut to honor Rickman’s original performance “with more of his very, very strange and wonderful scenes.”

Weaver said returning to the franchise was once the plan, but Galaxy Quest’s screenwriter was apprehensive. She explained, “I remember Bob Gordon had written a second one, and he wouldn’t give it to DreamWorks because he just felt they’d missed the boat on ours. And so we always meant to do a sequel.”

Even as the cast and fans have expressed interest for years, Rickman’s loss was so deeply felt by the ensemble that the actress concluded that it is now unlikely to happen without him: “With Alan passing away, we just lost heart.”

This makes sense, and I imagine the original remaining cast returning for another adventure is a missed opportunity, but it would be cool for fans to see that director’s cut she mentioned!

via: Gizmodo