Anticipation continues to build for Prometheus (we're still holding out hope for a trailer before the end of the year), and there are still so many unanswered questions about the film. During a recent interview, Ridley Scott addresses some of these questions, including H.R. Giger's involvement and whether or not we'll see the original xenomorph in the movie:
"So you are linking this directly with the Alien films?
I mean, you could actually say, and there’s a quote I did, a pretty good quote: By the end of the third act you start to realize there’s a DNA of the very first alien, but none of the subsequent aliens. To tell you what that is is a pity, and I’m not going to tell you, because it’s actually pretty good, pretty organic to the process and to the original. But we go back, we don’t go forward.
Will you be using any of Giger’s original design for this film?
We’ve had a pretty good relationship with Giger for many years. I was the first one to go see him in Switzerland, and persuade him to get on a plane. He wouldn’t get on a plane, because he was afraid of flying. And he finally came to Shepperton. He was with me for eleven months. Never went into town, stayed over a pub in Shepperton. Very non-Giger, not exotic. You’d think he’d be in a suite in a hotel. He’s in a pub. He was in a room over a pub, and he was very happy there. And yeah, I brought him in, I showed him what we were doing, showed him the story and he liked it a lot. So he’s doing a little bit of work for me. He’s been doing some murals, big murals, which we’ll see in almost one of the first chambers we encounter when we land where we’re gonna go.
Final question. I have a feeling what the answer will be, but many want to know. Will we see the original xenomorph in Prometheus?
No. Absolutely not. They squeezed it dry. He (the xenomorph) did very well. (He laughs) He survived, he’s now in Disneyland in Orlando, and no way am I going back there. How did he end up in Disneyland? I saw him in Disneyland, Jesus Christ!"
Note that Ridley Scott answered the question about the "original xenomorph" making a return. It has been rumored that we'll see a different design of the creature in this film. Prometheus is directed by Ridley Scott and will be released on June 8th, 2012. The film stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Patrick Wilson, and Guy Pearce. To read the rest of the interview, visit the source link below.
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