The movie stars Sally Hawkins as Ellen Ripley and Amber Heard as Ripley's companion Linda Blair. Both actresses share similar backgrounds with Ripley's alien abductee Ripley from Aliens and Ripley from Aliens Resurrection. During filming of Aliens Resurrection the Alien Xenomorph first attacked Ripley's Alien Suit which resulted in Ripley breaking her Alien Suit which resulted in Ripley dying from exposure to Xenomorph Venom that infected Ripley's spinal cord and spinal nerves and severely fractured her spinal cord which resulted in spinal swelling that