Crowe and Wierzbowski
Adam Cameron
Hi
I often wonder why it is that Crowe and Wierzbowski seem to get *way*
less screen time and lines than any of the other marines? It seems to
be almost on purpose. Sure, they got killed straight up, but Frost
also got dicked early on - and he was around the place, and in a lot
of the scenes.
This occured to me even more when I saw Aliens on the big screen a
couple of weeks back, and during the briefing ("how do I get out of
this chicken shit outfit?" scene) the scene was framed to omit them
completely (although they *were* there). At the dinner table they
seemed to be right down the end, obscured by the others. I don't
think you see them getting out of the freezers...
Is there some rule / law that if an actor gets only x number of lines
/ x minutes of screen time then they can be paid a lot less, or
something? Was the story re-edited further than the difference
between the release and the special edition, and their parts were cut
down as a result? Any other reasons that I am overlooking?
Cheers.
Michael Rush
Adam Cameron <prs0...@pop.prestel.co.uk> writes
>I often wonder why it is that Crowe and Wierzbowski seem to get *way*
>less screen time and lines than any of the other marines? It seems to
>be almost on purpose. Sure, they got killed straight up, but Frost
>also got dicked early on - and he was around the place, and in a lot
>of the scenes.
>Is there some rule / law that if an actor gets only x number of lines
>/ x minutes of screen time then they can be paid a lot less, or
>something? Was the story re-edited further than the difference
>between the release and the special edition, and their parts were cut
>down as a result? Any other reasons that I am overlooking?
Well, one reason could be that the late Tip Tipping was actually a
stuntman, not really an actor. Trevor Steadman was also (I think)
English... so these two would have stuck out a bit had they had any
lines.
BTW, I read somewhere that Wierzbowski has become a cult hero and has
his own fan club somewhere on the web!
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Mike
