Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn interview on GMA 1986

Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn promoting Aliens on Good Morning America with Joan Lunden in 1986.

[@Joey-JoJo-Jr.64]

“They mostly come at night, mostly”.

[@joeaverage3444]

I think you can see in this video already that Carrie Henn felt that the show business wasn't for her. She went on to become an accomplished school teacher, which is testament to the fact that you should follow your own way in life.

[@jedijones]

She wasn't exactly in love with the camera here.

[@AlanCanon2222]

After starring in one of the greatest action films of all time, where else are you gonna go?

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

She was smart enough to realize the deal satan was offering wasn't worth it

[@fred_2021]

Sigourney comes across as beautifully protective of Carrie, much as she was in her film role. Heartwarming sensitivity and bonding.

[@ultranoxious]

that is exactly what I was thinking and feeling! Sigourney is so super great all over and Carrie did so fantastic in her role

[@RandomnessTube.]

Aliens is a masterpiece.

[@user-mq8wz2sc4u]

Hell yeah! 💯💯💥💥

[@Jerid58]

Sigourney with her arm around Carrie looking at the interviewer like “stay classy”.

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

Lol yes

[@frankbutta9344]

Sigourney is a class act! Carrie was great in Aliens.

[@RedLP5000S]

Carrie was perfect for the role as Newt. She brought out the fierce maternal instinct in Ripley.

[@SueSnellLives]

Although Henn left acting and became a school teacher, she attended the 30th Anniversary Comic-Con in San Diego with the cast and in 2020 was the lead voice-over character in the animated adventure Thunder Island. She is also active on Twitter and loves being remembered by Aliens fans.

[@TheBroncoley]

Carrie Henn is an incredible human being and an amazing child actress. Her character honestly deserved so much more than whatever Alien³ was. Newt could have easily been just as iconic to the Alien franchise as John Connor is to the Terminator one.

[@Gomgo22]

She had the opportunity to do more, but, as she got older she preferred teaching and pursued that instead.

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

​@@Gomgo22 Right she realized that satans hollywood "deal" wasn't worth it

[@GCKelloch]

What an adorable child, and a great success story in life.

[@annettehunt900]

She looks younger here somehow then when she did in the movie. Very soft-spoken little girl.

[@jenniturtleburger3708]

I thought the same.

[@3132-simpson-park]

Carrie has on a lot of makeup as Newt who is the "crazy sole survivor in a ventilation duct after months of hiding from the monsters". She doesn't here and so looks normal.

[@nirvanafatal]

My favorite movie ever..................still rocks in 2022

[@CougarCat21]

Same sentiment!

[@jzamora3801]

I thought i was the only one...

[@jamiedavies4545]

@@CougarCat21 Its Jamie Davies I live in the UK how are you doing Ice Cougar my friend?

[@jenniturtleburger3708]

The way the space marines got slaughtered made no sense. And the fact they weren’t briefed on what they were facing and the poor discipline…they were a terrible bunch of marines.

[@WilliamTheUnkownShoutout]

God bless Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn both of them did a wonderful job in Aliens (1986) directed by James Cameron as well:).

[@anthonyt219]

Carrie is so innocently honest

[@ur1el554]

this crazy lmao she was my 4th grade teacher 😂😂

[@jzamora3801]

I was little jose was honest too🥺 What about me...

[@andyappleton3353]

So funny. She speaks in the same monotone as her character Newt 😜

[@PersonausdemAll]

@@ur1el554 She was your teacher? Cool ;D

[@Spacejockey426]

@@ur1el554 Aliens was her only acting credit. I'd heard she later became a school teacher, but you probably already heard that she'd done a little acting work as a child in a major motion picture . . . There is a short interview that Kevin Smith did with her at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con on her IMDb page . . .

[@hellogoodbye8264]

Wow, her first acting role! You wouldn't know it from the movie. She played Newt so well.

[@playthroughcinema]

as a brit I always thought she were english because I could hear it in her accent but just read she's american but spent her childhood in england, she should have been in more movies!

[@generalzod7959]

From what I heard, she quit acting after aliens. 🤷‍♂️

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

She didn't want to sell her soul to satan is why

[@conniebenny]

Best child actor / actress performance ever.

[@ButteredToast32]

I can see why they picked Carrie. Her timid and quiet demeanor suited her character well.

[@goddesssalem4842]

They did her dirty in aliens 3 and hicks too.

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

Right Alen 3 an 4 were trash Such wasted opportunities

[@gartmanxxx]

All about the money. The suits at Fox didn't want to pay Michael Biehn or Henn. They were written out of Alien 3. The whole shoot of Alien 3 was a dog's breakfast for director Fincher due to meddling from management.

[@kellywilliamson2187]

Carrie Henn nailed that part - amazing contribution to the film - best scream ever! Odd to see how very shy she really is in this interview.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Carrie seems like a typical actor, very bold when reading lines but quiet and shy when using her own words, although being on a TV show is probably pretty intimidating.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Wow, Carrie is just so quiet... She got out of Hollywood at the right time and made some great of herself by becoming a teacher.

[@JoshuaSabine-xn8rf]

This is just heart melting. This film is a masterpiece

[@Anamnesis]

Thanks so much for sharing this. It's damn near impossible to stumble across old stuff like this online even though people assume everything is easy to come by on the internet. I bet even GMA doesn't keep these old tapes. It's rare to see the kind of authenticity they shared on screen, rare enough that you take it for granted sometimes. Carrie was so young and uninitiated as an actor that she couldn't help but come across as a genuine little girl, and you can tell from the way Sigourney talks about it that it affected her own acting. And they shared that authenticity offscreen too. I was a few years younger than Carrie when the movie released, and it wasn't hard to see why she naturally gravitated to Sigourney because she's a legend. Yeah, I saw a dark R-rated sci-fi action horror film as young boy (80s kids were built different, haha) and in some sense it was easier to relate to the intensity of the movie because it was like I was seeing the story through Carrie's perspective as a fellow kid, and I felt exactly the same way towards Ripley that Newt did. 🥰

[@Opforvideo2]

That music over the reactor melting down was worth the trip

[@jm9980]

Sigourney is the bomb without a doubt!!!!

[@banchas75]

Amazing how Carrie Henn survived LV-426 with no weapons, and no training.

[@timeless_realm]

Put her in charge then!

[@pussiestroker]

Thank god you didnt record over this vhs tape.

[@3132-simpson-park]

In the Aliens comics where Newt helps take down the Queen *personally* iher post-mortem one liner is "You're mostly dead now. Mostly."

[@herbsuperb6034]

Carrie is surely due some credit. A lot. Because if her character hadn't worked, the whole movie would've been dragged down by it. I hope they never told her that 🙂. But due credit MUST also go to Cameron and his team. To get that kind of performance out of a kid who has never acted professionally before, requires a very special kind of talent which some directors have (Richard Donner) and some do not (George Lucas). Working with kids well, and getting this kind of performance out of them, is a gift. Spielberg is another that clearly knows how to work with kids.

[@shawncosmos5431]

If you had just turned this interview on without knowing the subject matter you’d think Ms Weaver and her daughter were being interviewed … Great relationship they have ..

[@user-gx5kk2ik8m]

What a film. One of the best all time

[@jordiortega4436]

Lovely

[@americandevil]

Good thing for Carrie that Aliens wasn't a Steven Speilberg production, and that Sigourney was there to look after her.

[@emilycunningham8125]

Indeed. RIP Heather O'Rourke. And the countless others we do not know by name...

[@raresaturn]

why?

[@massimoerrani4075]

My favorite actress 💕

[@allthingsbegin]

mine too!!!

[@kasienkakaminska6915]

Love movie, nice video, good mood

[@jzamora3801]

Wow..my first time watching this clip Hard to realize i was just a kid myself..

[@joevans27]

ICONIC 🥰

[@Rumpelstilskin-kt5ud]

both are so beautiful

[@deckardvostok2203]

I always have felt so identified with Newt (Carrie Henn) I mean we were the same age when this movie came out, I'm also from '76 like her, I always have liked Sigourney, although at that time I was just a child spellbounded with Star Wars

[@allthingsbegin]

they sure don't make movies like they used to

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

John wick movies are pretty great though

[@Talsedoom]

Even Sigourney Weaver thought Newt should be the next hero of the franchise. She's gone through horrors even Ripley could not imagine when she was just a child. And she survived. She deserved better than Alien 3. Alien 3 was a great movie in it's own way. But it's the worst that could happen for Aliens franchise.

[@redmenace1135]

Alien 3 ain’t a movie, it’s a crime against all real movies.

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

Alien 3 sucked dude And so did 4

[@jedijones]

Joan couldn't get Carrie to talk. Should've asked her simpler questions.

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

So you saying the interviewer AND henn are dumb lmfao Just say that instead And then ill like you

[@crownlands7246]

A gem

[@SniffHeinkel]

0:21 She said "Sigurney" Weaver.

[@thehighsnowman7429]

Joan Lunden can't even pronounce Sigourney Weaver's name

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

​​​@@thehighsnowman7429🤣🤣 Joan dumbden

[@TyMan922]

Never acted before and not since. The only role was playing the part to perfection in one of the greatest movies ever. Talk about going out on top at 10!

[@JP5466]

They mostly come at night... mostly.

[@andyappleton3353]

Thanks for posting!

[@evyalley]

Sig, please hug me with those arms ❤

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

I know i kinda want her to hug me too And i hate hugging lmfao

[@SpectreGunship]

What an amazing performance by a child with no acting experience.

[@cepewka13]

tnx for record it was fun to watch their opinion of staging movie

[@jackmalloy2869]

Thank you for sharing this video. ❤

[@keaton718]

Joan got the movie title perfectly. Bobbie Wygant kept calling the first one “The Alien”, Sigourney had the grace not to correct her.

[@Ighnot]

... and bless her, she was too good for Hollywood.

[@SepiaChild]

Rebbeca Jorden looked so innocent as a child

[@klarenzjeong8031]

Which could show 1985.12.14 ~ spring 1986(1986.3) could've been enough for Aliens' main theatrical section filming

[@jasongoodacre]

Carrie still has some of her English accent in this interview.

[@user-ds5ev6qg6b]

Ничего себе!! такое эксклюзивное видео!! Спасибо!!

[@stefanbuzea9744]

Ripley ant Nut are the best of the best in movies Aliens!❤❤❤

[@skyrimwarrior]

Kinda wish she continued her acting career, she could have been just as big career as Jodie Foster if she wanted too.

[@Vaporvice84]

Anyone know the jazz song at the beginning?

[@morbidesque]

The little girl sounds just like Newt

[@parkpunk2]

She got fifth billing in the opening credits. Never acted again.

[@SailorGreenTea]

1:02, interesting

[@user-mq8wz2sc4u]

Sigourney Weaver is sexy ❤ and Carrie Henn is the cutest little thing ever ❤.

[@clutch2827]

A-ffirmative

[@prymmalder2088]

"they come at night, mostly."

[@raresaturn]

She's exactly like Newt! 😅

[@adamgood8477]

0:02

[@gnewt75]

I always thought that Ripley should've died after part 2 and the Newt character should've taken over the franchise as an adult. Maybe played by Sharon Stone in the 90's.

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

Wow i never thought about that but that does sound like a good idea Stone would have been great as a grown up newt

[@DaveG707]

The interviewer did all the talking. Weird.

[@ShempBob]

"Affimative"

[@tojeblaz]

siggy weav

[@gravityrushfan299]

Gohan and goku relationship in nutshell

[@crispybits3765]

Aaaaww... so cute.

[@sambarton5379]

Watching it now❤️👌

[@crystalskullsucked]

Sigurrrney weaver lol 😂

[@daviddiazsantander7498]

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