This briefly instigated a mass strike from the rest of the crew, and with no other crew quickly available, there were serious doubt as to whether the film would make it to completion. Ultimately, the on-set feuds with Cracknell as well as director of photography Dick Bush caused the production to fall behind schedule, leaving producer Gale Anne Hurd no choice but to fire both men. Derek Cracknell, the film's assistant director (well respected among the crew as he had been AD for Stanley Kubrick), continuously questioned Cameron's decisions and was openly antagonistic towards him, calling him 'guv'nor' and 'Grizzly Adams' (due to his beard). According to Cameron, most crew members, with the exception of some of the art department people and production designer Peter Lamont, approached the job as factory work, with no love for the art of film whatsoever. To most of the Pinewood studio crew members, the choice of James Cameron as director was mystifying as he was a complete unknown in England, since The Terminator (1984) had not been released there yet. The armor was hand made from Aluminum and all in one size, with on set adjustments made by English to make them fit each actor. The graffiti you see on some of the armor was done by the actors themselves, with a little help from English for a few details like Hicks' clasp and padlock on his chest armor.
Fortunately, Cameron liked the contrast between the armor and the BDUs (Battle Dress Uniforms) the Marines wore beneath it, saying it make the armor more obvious to the eye. The result was a pattern and color combination not too dissimilar to the British Army DPM pattern. Instead of going all the way back, English painted the completed sets of armor from memory. He was only given two weeks to complete the job and upon arriving back at his workshop a few hours drive away from the film set, he realized he had forgotten the scrap of cloth James Cameron had given him so that the camouflage on the armor could be matched correctly to the uniforms the Marines would be wearing.
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The appearance of hundreds of Aliens is simply clever editing and planning, and lighting plus slime helped make the "suits" more solid.Īrmorer Terry English made three sets of armor for each member of the cast who needed to wear armor. Although more Alien suits were created, only six were used at a time, and even then they were often just a handful of latex appliances on black leotards, to give the stunt performers more freedom to move. Some were filled with two kinds of chemicals that would mix while being riddled by bullets, and this mixture would then cause smoke that simulated acid burns.
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Tall, remote-controlled Alien puppets with very thin arms and legs were used in some shots, to make the creatures appear less like the traditional 'man in a suit'. Since this film called for many Aliens and the production would never be able to find so many tall people, 6-feet stunt performers were hired, reasoning that the humans and Aliens would hardly be seen in the same frame anyway. In Alien (1979), a 7-feet tall performer had been used to portray the Alien, so that it would tower over the human characters.