Compliments don’t come much bigger than this!
Director Ridley Scott was so impressed by a high school production of his movie Alien that he wrote to staff and students at the school to tip his hat – and offer up a few words of advice.
North Bergen Drama Club in New Jersey became an overnight sensation after a clip from their adaptation of the sci-fi movie went viral earlier this month. Everything from the costumes to the staging and acting left the audience in awe.
‘My hat comes off to all of you for your creativity, imagination and determination to produce such an impressive show’, the 81-year-old Hollywood heavyweight wrote in the letter shared on Twitter by North Bergen’s drama teacher.
‘Limitations often produce the best results because imagination and determination can surpass any shortfalls,’ he added.
‘Thanks for doing ‘Alien’ – I feel very complemented.’
He then went on to say that his company, Scott Free Productions, will be donating some money to the drama club to fund ‘an encore performance’ of Alien.
Ridley signed off the letter with a cheeky reference to one of his other blockbusters. ‘How about your next TEAM production being Gladiator?’, he wrote.
We’ve got a better idea, Ridley? Why don’t you make the students extras in Gladiator 2?
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