Ridley Scott Will Never Make Superhero Movies For A Good Reason

“Yeah, been offered, but just said, no, thank you. Not for me,” Scott said when asked if he’d ever been offered a superhero script to direct. “I’ve done two or three superhero films.” the director continued before proceeding to immediately name a movie he didn’t direct. I think Sigourney Weaver’s a superhero in Aliens.” It’s entirely possible that the 85-year-old Ridley Scott confused Alien—which he did direct—with the one letter off Aliens, which was helmed by James Cameron.

However, without trying to gatekeep genre definitions and the like, we have to point out that the conceit that Ellen Ripley is a superhero in everything but name really does apply more to the action-oriented Aliens and not so much the “haunted house in space” that is the original Alien. That being said, Ridley Scott’s other two examples, Gladiator and Blade Runner, which he did direct, also don’t fit the idea of a “superhero” movie, so it could be possible the director is just confused about what constitutes a superhero in general.