Podcast Research – ‘Aliens’: PFC Vasquez
When it comes to kicking ass, there’s no one better than PFC Vasquez, as played by Jenette Goldstein in Aliens.
![PFC Vasquez, as played by Jenette Goldstein in Aliens](http://nerdstalking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ep13-vasquez-muscle.png)
She is one tough hombre who is not afraid of a fight. Her attitude is blatantly displayed via the message she has written on her amour:
![Action figure of Vasquez, a character from the sci-fi movie Aliens](http://nerdstalking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ep13-vasquez-figure.png)
It translates to “The Risk Always Wins”. BTW, the backstory for her and her fellow Marine Drake is that they were both serving life sentences in juvenile prison when they met, and both used a get-out-of-jail card offered by the army by enlisting. The smartguns they use in the film utilize gyroscope harnesses developed for Steadicam cameras:
![Vasquez and Drake, two characters from James Cameron's sci-fi movie Aliens](http://nerdstalking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ep13-vasquez-drake.png)
She’s always good to have around when unwanted creatures try to visit:
![Vasquez and an alien creature from James Cameron's Aliens](http://nerdstalking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ep13-vasquez-door.png)
And such is the impact of the character of Vasquez that she’s spawned a whole army of tough looking cosplayers:
![Some cosplay based on the Vasquez character from the sci-fi movie Aliens](http://nerdstalking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ep13-vasquez-cosplay.png)
So, even though our favourite Marine ass-kicker isn’t a particularly talkative person, we’ll let her have the last word: