I had no idea she was in Aliens.
I learn something here on the daily no matter how trivial.
She was initially cast as Ripley until Sigourney Weaver showed up at the last minute, and the studio decided to relegate her to the role of Lambert.
There was a scene in the movie where Lambert confronted Ripley for refusing to let her and the other crew members back onto the ship. This would be a scene where Veronica Cartwright as Lambert had to go and slap Sigourney Weaver as Ripley.
In the earlier takes Veronica as Lambert kept trying to slap Ripley, but Sigourney
who hadn't been told kept ducking every fucking time.
Then that troll Ridley Scott secretly told Veronica to fucking land a solid slap right across her face.
She went forth, grabbed her by the shoulder pushing her against the side of the corridor yelling "You bitch!" and fucking whacked her in the face.
Wham! You can tell by Sigourney's voice that she really wasn’t expecting that. You can feel the emotional turmoil in her voice as she delivers her next line. The fact that she stayed in character was a miracle.
In another scene, you even get to see the bruise it left
Me thinks Cartwright let out some of the frustration over losing the lead role to Weaver when she went all slappy-slappy.
