Pvt. Hudson actor Bill Paxton wants to be in Neill Blomkamp's upcoming Alien film, noting that if Cpl. Hicks and Ellen Ripley and are making a return , Hudson deserves some time again on the silver screen as well.

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"I mean, if you’re going to bring Hicks back, you’ve got to have Hudson!" Paxton told Entertainment Weekly Blomkamp, the director of both District 9 and this year's Chappie, plans to ignore both Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection and set his film directly after the events of James Cameron's iconic sequel.That said, the chances of Hudson's return seem rather slim considering the events of Aliens.For more on Blomkamp's upcoming Alien film, be sure to check our thoughts in the video below.

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