Guy Pearce has a cameo role in Prometheus and mentioned that he'd only be in the film for a couple of minutes. We didn't know what role he'd be playing, but a recent interview seems to have confirmed his role. An interview with Ridley Scott popped up on Hungarian website Mozinezo.hu claims that Guy Pearce is playing Peter Weyland:
“When the first ‘Alien’ movie and ‘Blade Runner’ were made, I thought that in the near future the world will be owned by large companies. This is why we have the Tyrell Corporation in ‘Blade Runner’, and Weyland-Yutani in ‘Alien’. They sent the Nostromo spaceship.
The Prometheus is owned by an entrepreneur called Peter Weyland, and is played by Guy Pearce. That’s the connection between the two films, and nothing more. Prometheus is a new film, a new world, and is full of new ideas. And of course new monsters as well."
The above text was automatically translated, so something may have been lost in translation related to the "nothing more" text. As most people who have been following Prometheus or have seen the trailer know, there's more of a connection to Alien than just Peter Weyland. For now, this information has not been confirmed by additional sources, so we're going to consider this a likely possible rumor at this point in time.
Prometheus is directed by Ridley Scott and will be released on June 8th. The film stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron, and Idris Elba.
“Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With ‘Prometheus’ he creates a groundbreaking mythology in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.”
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