We have just uploaded the 85th episode of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast (right-click and save as to download)! Since today is Alien Day, we wanted to give you all something a little special so we went and tracked down one of the leading actors involved in making Aliens a reality!
For this special Alien Day edition of the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy Podcast, Corporal Hicks and Xenomorphine chat to the one-and-only Carrie Henn, Newt herself!
We discuss the casting experience, going back to the hotel from set covered in slime and dirt, painting with Bill Paxton, visiting Alien War, how unnerving it is to have an action figure based on you, and plenty more including a brand new story exclusive to Alien vs. Predator Galaxy!
I try to keep my personal opinions out of the news articles on the front page but I have to say this episode is easily one of my favourite experiences. Carrie was such a joy to chat to! If you’re not already, be sure to pop on over to Carrie’s Twitter account and give her a follow!
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Sorry, can't fit them all in and always conscious of time with the guests.
I'm gonna go with "no" for now.
Thanks, Prez! Carrie was amazing to chat to! That's something we're conscious of. It's boring for the guests and for the listeners. Somethings can't be avoided being repeated but I'll try to put a different spin on them in that case.
See above about Sigourney!
So then - how about finally getting James Cameron on your podcast eh ;-)
Of course, i was a little pissed because you didn't include MY questions (how dare you!?) but just a little
Is there any possibility for getting Sigourney for next Alien Day? That would be awesome.
Always do!
Fantastic! I did try doing that download captions thing from YouTube previously and it was a good place to start.
WTF
I'll try and get this one transcribed at some point.
Thanks Old One.
Even Rodney Dangerfield's Back to School beat ALIENS in box office gross. LOL.
Top 10 of 1986
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I think 20th Century Fox understimated the market of ALIENS merchandising, post ALIENS, but the licenses were still being pumped out. You had the successful KENNER toylines exceeding sales expectations and Dark Horse Comics. In the late 80s early 90s, it was fast moving times and stuff would go out of fashion real quick in those days.
If my memory serves me correct mainstream audiences moved onto TERMINATOR 2, then Jurassic Park. Then videogames started to catch up and in the 90s people were more holistic about music, politics and fashion.
I'd argue videogames were what kept the ALIENS flame going in terms of public awareness. That and lousy film sequels.
To your first question, I have no idea. I don't know much of anything about him, his parents, or what they should or should not have done.
Next I wasn't suggesting that you diagnose anyone based on those symptoms or that those issues automatically make you schizophrenic. Not sure where you're getting that. I was suggesting that Jake probably had other personal issues going on other than just "letting playground taunts get the better of him."
So in the context of Jake Lloyd do you think his parents were a tad selfish allowing him to be "put on stage".
Also mood disorders and emotional, interpersonal issues do not maketh a schizophrenia, nor gives anyone a pass to diagnose others on symptoms alone.
Such a condition can be latent unless triggered by severe psychological trauma. Schizophrenia is genetic but the psychological trigger is environmental.
Jake Lloyd is also schizophrenic
Spoiler
Right up there with the Kash and Steedman interviews. I smiled quite a bit the whole way though.
Jake Lloyd spent 6 years as a child actor. 4 of those years was promoting THE PHANTOM MENACE before, during and after.
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What I was saying was Carrie Henn knew what she'd get as a child actress with taunts of "Newt" so opted out from returning to acting.
Celebrity spectators address this child actor paradigm by saying "collect your paycheck, then gtfo", return to normal life.
Carrie Henn waited until she was an adult before dipping back into ALIENS conventions with a long break between 1992-2001. Granted I don't know if that was conscious decision, on her part, to avoid the pitfalls of child acting, or the way the cookie crumbled along with a desire (from an early age) to become a teacher.
Because everybody and their dog throwing shit at a little kid for ruining their supposedly favorite movie series for years and years is just mere playground taunts.
Kid got destroyed so mercilessly from all directions, classmates, adults like critics and fans, later the yellow press even his sorry state after growing up with all that shit was the butt of a lot of jokes. Hell, he still gets made fun of today.
I doubt a lot of people come back from that.
Good to see she finally admitted it was difficult being a child actress while simultaneously being a forces child. It was a question I had in the announcement thread back in February 2019.
Good she pulled through and made a life for herself rather than going off the rails like, say, Jake Lloyd (STAR WARS- Phantom Menace) who let playground taunts get the better of him.
I liked the question about what she thought of toy collectors around the world having a likeness of her Newt character at that point in time.
Carrie Henn- (awkward silence)........erm? It's very.....weird.
Didn't know she attended the ALIEN 3 premier, but I didn't get her impression whether she liked ALIEN 3 or Resurrection in an objective way.
She seemed more fond of her trip to ALIEN-WAR (I am assuming the Trocadero).
But by her own admission the series (in her mind) was "old hat" by 1992 by hers and her family's words. Again I'd read she felt that way in retrospective interviews, stoked by fan convention appearances and the then News of a Blomkamp ALIEN-5 announcement (2015).
I only wish a few more shout-outs and fan questions were asked including whether she'd seen THE PREDATOR and what she thought of the filmed, but subsequently cut, time travelling Newt post credit sequence!
Also up on YouTube
Gonna listen ASAP.