Director Fede Alvarez and star Cailee Spaeny tease the new film’s twist on familiar franchise concepts.
It was just pure terror for 10 minutes straight, with the Xenomorph right there.
Fede was great at throwing in little surprises like that and catching us actors off-guard.
Xenomorph in ‘Alien: Romulus’.20th Century Studios
Those change-ups make each take onAlienfeel unique.
When the characters are professionals, they know more than you do.
Theres a lot of history between them because they’re the only family they have.
(L-R): Archie Renaux as Tyler and Cailee Spaeny as Rain Carradine in ‘Alien: Romulus.'.20th Century Studios
They truly act more like surrogate siblings; some of them even lived under the same roof.
A lot of the big themes of the movie are about siblinghood and what does that mean?
TheRomulusof it all, and the bigger plot with Weyland-Yutani, is actually connected to that as well.
The youthful sibling dynamic does promise to shed a different light on some of the Alien franchises core concepts.
But inAlien: Romulus, the synthetic is part of the family.
In this one, Rain’s brother is a synthetic, says Spaeny, referring to her character.
David Jonsson, who plays that character, was so brilliant and really nailed that performance.
The same scrutiny was applied to the Xenomorphs design, which Alvarez promises is closer to H.R.
Gather round, kids, Spaeny says.
They would tell us about crazy on-set experiences working in this world.
They were like campfire stories for us.
Those were our favorite things to hear.
Alien: Romulushits theaters on Aug. 16.
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