Sigourney Weaver turned down several high-profile roles over the years:
- the Shelley Duvall role in Annie Hall (1977),
- the Brooke Shields role in The Blue Lagoon (1980),
- the Kathleen Turner role in Body Heat (1981),
- the Debra Winger role in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982),
- the Michelle Pfeiffer role in Scarface (1983),
- the Amy Irving role in Yentl (1983),
- the Linda Hamilton role in The Terminator (1984),
- the Glenn Close role in Fatal Attraction (1987),
- the Kelly McGillis role in The Accused (1988),
- the Nicole Kidman role in Dead Calm (1989),
- the Natasha Richardson role in The Handmaid's Tale (1990),
- the Geena Davis role in Thelma & Louise (1991),
- the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct (1992)
- and the Holly Hunter role in The Piano (1993).
In the film Alien: Resurrection (1997) Sigourney Weaver managed to sink the basketball into the hoop backwards on the first take. It was by pure luck, and not intended. The shot was almost ruined because Ron Perlman broke character because he was so amazed.
