Ah ok. It's hard to tell from printed (digital) pages but Michael Biehn comes across, with a narcissist and stubborn tone in this interview.
Maybe its not unmerited as he realised he was good looking, this earned him a said starting salary of $100,000 for doing ad-hoc commercials capitalising on his good looks. Obviously the "chemistry" and admission from both Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hamilton is real with both admitting in a round about way they fancied him off-screen.
Linda Hamilton (from that interview)
"While Hamilton might not go as far as to say there was any real-life attraction between them, she notes the pair spent weeks of night shoots together, and grew to trust each other as performers.
"I loved him and I don't know a soul who doesn't. He was my world," says Hamilton."
His acting and on-screen chemistry with female co-stars contributed to THE TERMINATOR and ALIENS being 5 star movies.
In regards to him not liking sequels past ALIENS or TERMINATOR 2, I think there is a dark part in all of us who agree with him. My Dad also disliked the overall mediocre elements of sequels like the wasteful ALIEN 3 and TERMINATOR-RISE OF THE MACHINES* (*which in my view is TERMINATOR 2 compared to T-Genesys).
While I've started to love Prometheus and Covenant* (*always liked Covenant anyways) I struggle with how different the aesthetic when you compare the image of Biehn as Hicks, helping Ripley off a Weyland grid floor in ALIENS- compared to any "character" in a quasi ancient rome in Ridley Scott's movies. I really wanted PROMETHEUS to work and be a 4.5/5 movie, but it just didn't. So at times I am in line with Biehn's comments, while irritated by them at the same time. Yes you were in, in my opinion, the best ALIENS movie. But no the other sequels (including AVP) also brought stuff to the table.
In terms of acting and legacy, yes original THE TERMINATOR is indeed in the Library of Congress for Preservation- but Biehn didn't do that many movies compared to actors of his era who also revived their careers for contemporary and modern audiences (like Robert Downy Jr or Brad Pitt).
I'd say THE ROCK (forgotten and under-rated 1996 Michael "explosions!" Bay action movie) and PLANET TERROR were his last best acting gigs.
Question for AVPGALAXY users. Why wasn't Biehn hired from the off-set to play Hicks if Cameron had let Biehn into his secret ALIEN sequel script for ALIENS? I am assuming the casting of James Remar* (*of whom I also like as an actor and would've been good had he played as a different marine) was the choice of producer Walter Hill who worked with Remar on THE WARRIORS with Remar.