Before collecting the well-deserved International Goya tomorrow for her impressive career “full of unforgettable films and independent, complex and strong female characters”, Sigourney Weaver warmed up this afternoon with a press conference at the Town Hall of Valladolid, where she was received with warm applause.
Happy and grateful, the American actress has spoken about current issues, such as the sexual abuse committed by filmmaker Carlos Vermut on three women that the newspaper El País uncovered two weeks ago, a report that has shaken the film industry. “I can’t stop thinking about these women who are trying to make this a safer industry for everyone. We know that the Me Too movement wasn’t going to change things overnight because it’s a problem that women encounter everywhere.” fields. I feel grateful to be in an industry that increasingly shows these cases and does not hide them. This has made a difference in how we feel as women, the power we feel when it comes to being able to say no.” said Weaver, 74, who already denounced sexism in the industry, hoping that “these cases will become a rarity and become less and less frequent.”
The actress, who debuted on the big screen with Woody Allen in a small role in Annie Hall (1977) and two years later Ridley Scott offered her one of her most iconic characters in the role of Lieutenant Ripley from the saga. Alien, she is in love with Spain. Here she has filmed with Rodrigo Cortés Luces Rojas and with J.A. Bayona A monster comes to see me, for which she was nominated for the Goya for best supporting actress. Regarding his experience working in our country, he highlighted: “It has been a small team, in which everyone has read the script, even the most technical staff, and that generates a different energy. We are not shooting a movie. We are telling a story concrete,” the producer also assured, praising a Spanish cinema that is not subject to “money as happens in Hollywood.”
She has also mentioned Pedro Almodóvar as an admirer of his cinema and hopes to work with the man from La Mancha on some occasion. “She tells complex and entertaining stories about all types of women. We must give her credit for that.” The protagonist of titles such as Gorillas in the Mist or Weapons of a Woman, for which she was nominated for an Oscar along with Aliens: The Return (1986), by James Cameron, has opted in her filmography to represent strong and versatile women. .
She herself is a good example of this tenacity, which has marked her career because, in her youth, none of her film teachers trusted her talent. “But I didn’t give up,” she assured. “I’m very lucky to be here, I didn’t give up despite that lack of initial motivation,” said Weaver, who has never cared if the characters she has been offered have been big or small because for her the essential thing is a good history.
One of the tallest actresses in Hollywood at 1.82 meters tall, the actress has become a true heroine in fiction and is one of the performers most loved by the public, thanks to her closeness and friendliness. In 2016, she received the Donostia Award from the San Sebastián Festival. Tomorrow morning she will hold a meeting with the public at the Carrión Theater before collecting a bobblehead that she has previously awarded to actresses Cate Blanchett and Juliette Binoche.
