Bill Paxton, the actor who played the role of United States Colonia Marine (USMC) member in the 1986 sequel of “Alien” titled “Aliens” says he wants to be part of the upcoming “Alien 5” movie to be directed by Neill Blomkamp.
The actor’s interest to join the upcoming sci-fi film was sparked by the knowledge that “Alien 5” will also bring to forth actors Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn, whom he had the opportunity to work with in “Aliens” back in 1986 or 29 years ago.
In a recent interview with a US magazine, Paxton was initially surprised to learn that an “Alien 5” film is being considered for filming and that Neill Blomkamp shall be directing the upcoming movie.
Michael Biehn plays the role of Corporal Dwayne Hicks which is a colleague of Hudson during the “Aliens” movie and Paxton exclaimed that if the new film is going to bring Hicks back, it is imperative that they should also bring back Hudson.
Technically not dead
It could be recalled that the actor played the infamous character of Hudson in James’ Cameron’s “Aliens” who had a horrific run-in with the acid-bleeding Xenomorphs. Technically, Hudson never died in “Aliens.” He was dragged under the floor by Xenomorphs but he was never shown to have been killed by the alien, details Scified.
The next time the Hudson character showed up was during the video game version of Aliens developed by Gearbox officially titled “Aliens: Colonial Marines.”
Hudson was shown in the game to have been taken to the Xenomorph’s nest located near the reactor on LV-426. But the game has since been all but discounted and rebuked by the fans of the “Alien” franchise, claiming that its storyline is totally out of whack from the movie franchise.
But regardless of how Hudson turns out to be, it would be up to the producers and the production team of the upcoming “Alien 5” if they want to cast Bill Paxton to the movie or not. But given his interest and his connections with both Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn, Paxton clearly has a shot on being part of the film.
Paxton has also remained very active in science fiction films of late. He recently starred with Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise in the movie “Edge of Tomorrow.” He certainly has the acting talent and charisma to get his iconic character Hudson another shot of outer-space experience with the Xenomorphs.
A genetic sibling
Neill Blomkamp earlier made pronouncement that he wants “Alien 5” to be like the genetic sibling of the first two “Alien” films. He said that it should be “Alien,” “Aliens,” and then the fifth film.
Blomkamp has been working with Sigourney Weaver over the since late last year with the recently shown sci-fi film “Chappie” starring Hugh Jackman.