Sigourney Weaver on Kamala Harris – Venice Film Festival

Actress Sigourney Weaver was left feeling very sad today at the Venice Film Festival when she reflected on whether her work influenced Kamala Harris’ rise.

In response to a reporter who linked her role as Cripple to: Space As for Kamala Harris, Weaver pondered the idea and her eyes welled with tears. “We’re all so excited for Kamala and to think for even a moment that my work would have anything to do with her rise makes me so happy, actually, because it’s true. I have so many women who come up and thank me,” she joked, then said, “Sorry, I need a vodka” to lighten the mood, as reporters in the room clapped in unison.

Weaver praised Space Writers David Giler and Walter Hill were cast to write Ridley’s character in Space“My character was a human being, not a woman,” she said. “They’re one of the very few writers who can write a script just as a human being. You don’t see her having to be feminine or girly or any of these other ideas, which are all great but a woman can be everything. She played what I now realize was a role for everyone. She’s all of us. She’s what you become when you have to find creativity and you don’t even have time to be brave. Women all over the world are on the front lines.”

Harris, who replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee this year, was narrowly ahead of Donald Trump, according to a new national poll released yesterday, and the sense that she could cause an upset is growing.

“It’s been tough since 2016,” Weaver added, when Trump won the election before losing to Biden in 2020. “We’re all very grateful for her.”

She recalled a point in Hollywood history when “they suddenly decided that older women could actually play interesting characters,” adding, “We stopped being jokes and mothers-in-law, and started becoming real people.”

the Space and Avatar The star was at the Lido this year to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award, which she presented two years ago on the same stage. cabby Writer Paul Schrader. She described her career as “very lucky” because of the roles she’s played, saying, “I’m very lucky that I’m being sent these stories that I want to be a part of. I look for films that are about more than just the people in them.”

the Space The star’s comments came after Deadline interviewed her to investigate her career. You can read that article here.