“And they were going for a younger, you know, Princess Leia, but I had a conflict.” ... Sigourney Weaver, Anjelica Huston and Meryl Streep, were also reportedly offered the role.

-A few years before Sigourney Weaver revolutionizes the action genre, Pam Grier in "Foxy Brown" and Carrie Fisher in "Star Wars" as Princess Leia are already fighting evil armed with pistols.

Sigourney Weaver plays a crucial role in Apple TV+'s new movie, ... Without Ripley, there might not be Princess Leia, Sarah Connor, or Furiosa in the same way that audiences know them today.