James Remar was in Aliens!

Post by **The Fox** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:04 pm

Was originally cast as "Hicks" in Aliens, but had to be replaced early into filming. He can be seen from the back as the marines walk along a corridor, but only because the in-camera miniature of the set had been junked, and too expensive to re-shoot.

wonderwheel · Post by **wonderwheel** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 9:27 pm

That's too bad, I'm sure Remar would have done well in his "Alien" role. He probably had other commitments.

adios,

vermin76 · Post by **vermin76** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:22 pm

i,ll look out for him tonight jamie.aliens is on channel 4.michael biehn was good as hicks i must admit.and the way he played hicks in the terminator i think he would have been well cast as ajax.

Post by **The Fox** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:26 pm

I've got Aliens on DVD but, i'll watch it anyway.

Aliens is in my Top 10 films. I still haven't checked since i read about it on imdb so i'll keep an eye out also

vermin76 · Post by **vermin76** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:09 pm

i never seen him after all that close up to the screen viewing

Post by **The Fox** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:50 pm

I think you can only see the back of head.

Oddity · Post by **Oddity** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:55 pm

I didnt notice him

Post by **The Fox** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:18 pm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001664/bio

I'm only going by imdb!

BTW A.K.A the killer household appliance · Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:32 pm

GUYS!!! you didnt see him because he was only in the movie for one scene, and in that scene he had his back turned to the camera.

james cameron fired him on set for artistic differances......dunno what the hell he means by that.

Ranchgal · Post by **Ranchgal** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:30 am

Usually it means he has a better take on his character and wanted to take his character in a different direction that the "director" wanted him to go!
So if the actor doesn't back down ( our Ajax/James back down?? don't see it-LOL)
then he is usually removed and replaced with someone who will go whichever direction he is told to, without comment or question!!

Rem · Post by **Rem** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:03 pm

I heard that James Remar had a lot of drug problems back in the day, so his commitments were elsewhere at the time. He'd show up late all the time and not bother to memorize his lines or something.

Ranchgal · Post by **Ranchgal** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:12 pm

that is a definate possibility given the times, and the ease of how people fall into habits they can't control.
He is not the only and not the last!

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:58 pm

The Fox wrote:I've got Aliens on DVD

Me too, 1991 Director's Cut Edition

Couldnt really tell if it was James Remar or not.