US actress Elizabeth Olsen claims Sigourney Weaver taught her how to handle tough situations on a movie set.
The younger sister of twins Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen has forged her own Hollywood career away from her famous siblings.
Thanks to roles in movies such as Oldboy and Kill Your Darlings, Olsen has become a highly sought after actress.
When she worked on the 2012 movie Red lights, which co-starred Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver, Olsen was able to pick up some valuable tips from the acting greats.
"The coolest things about working with Sigourney was watching her disagree with the director (Rodrigo Cortes) in a non-disagreeable way. And he didn't feel bad. She was so good at communicating why something needed to be a certain way. It was my fourth film I'd ever done, and I was like, 'That's how you do that,'" she told British magazine Total Film.
The 25-year-old star will soon star in the upcoming film Godzilla.
Olsen says she wasn't bothered about the part at first but the director, Gareth Edwards, quickly changed her mind.
"It was kind of cool to hear we want your part to have more substance than what it does now, which just holding a place. Automatically he opened himself up to being a collaborator," she said.
