Sigourney Weaver “It’s One Of The Greatest Times To Be In The World”

IT’S HARD TO imagine any actor more equipped to handle a global pandemic than Sigourney Weaver. Over a career spanning five decades, she’s battled parasitic aliens (Alien), survived demonic possession (Ghostbusters), come face-to-face with serial killers (Copycat) and even fought off poachers (Gorillas in the Mist).

I’m hardly surprised then, when she shares that her past few months have been spent not cautiously relaxing at home like the rest of us, but thrashing around in water tanks, while filming action scenes for the hotly anticipated Avatar sequel.

“I like workman jobs, you know,” Weaver, who turned 71 in October, explains. “I like knowing how to do things. The only time [I’m a] ‘movie star’ is on the red carpet, or at the Oscars. The rest of the time I’m running around in sweaty clothes like everybody else, working very hard in all