These Are The Greatest Action Stars of All Time

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver is our very first sci-fi heroine. Her characters didn't need to rely on anyone, male or female, to save her own life multiple times. Of course, she's best known for her role as Ripley in Alien and Aliens. 

A Jam-Packed Career

Weaver's career has gone through every genre in the book, including romance dramas and comedies, but her true calling is sci-fi action flicks. She also starred in Galaxy Quest and Avatar. 

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The More You Know

  • That slightly scandalous charcoal drawing of a topless Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by none other than the director himself, James Cameron.
  • In the first draft of the Back to the Future screenplay, the time machine wasn't a Delorean, it was a refrigerator.
  • Samuel L. Jackson has a clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots whenever he wants.
  • Worldwide ticket sales for the Saw franchise put it at just shy of a billion dollars, making it the highest earning horror franchise globally.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.