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.

The More You Know

The Candyman, played by Tony Todd, had to put real bees into his mouth to film the movie’s climax.
In the movie 'The Hangover', no effects or prosthetics were created for Stu's missing tooth. Actor Ed Helms never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stu's tooth is missing.
In 1982, Spileberg’s kids classic stayed in the US top ten for ten months.
The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.