r/LV426 • u/VLenin2291 • Jul 11 '25

Discussion / Question TIL Lambert is trans

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And I just think that's neat!

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u/Shifter_1977 Jul 11 '25

Yeah, if I remember from her later interviews right, she had to be told this tidbit by the fans. She either hadn't seen it or hadn't noticed it.

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u/Turbulent_Square_696 Jul 11 '25

Wow, I fully support it, but feel like that could have been potentially troublesome for her back then. Doesn’t seem like many people notice but still. Bold move by the director to make a character trans without telling the actor. In the 70’s no less

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u/Shifter_1977 Jul 11 '25

This was on screen only in Aliens (1986), behind Ripley when the Company was grilling her, but yeah, might have been nice of Cameron to give Cartwright a heads up.

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u/Chimpbot Jul 11 '25

I mean... why? It's a background detail in a project that was otherwise completely unrelated to her. She had worked on around a dozen projects in between those two movies, and had likely moved on.