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15
August 2006
Sigourney
Weaver Backs Mel
Gibson
Actress
Sigourney Weaver has
become the latest
Hollywood celebrity to
speak out in defence of
Mel
Gibson,
in the wake of his
anti-Semitic
comments.
"He
was always such a decent
guy when I worked with
him," said the
56-year-old, who starred
with the actor in 1982
film The Year of Living
Dangerously.
"I
didn't notice any
bigotry in him
whatsoever," she added.
"He was one of the
nicest guys I've ever
worked with."
Sigourney
Weaver was speaking in
London ahead of a visit
to the Edinburgh Film
Festival.
The
Alien and Ghostbusters
star will be interviewed
on stage on Wednesday in
the Scottish capital
ahead of a screening of
her latest film, Snow
Cake.
She
is also due to be
presented with a special
award in recognition of
her body of
work.
Asked
to offer her opinion of
Mel Gibson, whose widely
reported tirade during
his drink-drive arrest
on 28 July has prompted
many to question his
Hollywood future, Weaver
said this incident did
not reflect "who he
really is".
"I
can only go with what my
knowledge of him was,"
she said. "If anything,
he seemed incredibly
generous to everybody. I
don't really know where
it comes from. It's a
shame - I hope he works
this out."
In
Snow Cake Sigourney
Weaver plays a
high-functioning adult
autistic who forms a
relationship with a
tight-lipped Englishman,
played by Alan
Rickman.
It
opened the Berlin Film
Festival in February and
is released in the UK on
8 September
2006.
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