Alien Romulus: How This Famous Video Game Inspired the Director

Alien: Romulusthe convincing return of the xenomorph

Alien: Romulus was released in French theaters on August 14 and at the box office things are going pretty well for the seventh work of the horror saga. To date, the film has grossed over 225 million dollars worldwide. Given its budget of 80 million dollarsits profitability is already assured. The proposal of Faith Alvarez has therefore visibly convinced the public, but also the press, which overall had a rather positive opinion. Even if the feature film does not have such a marked style as the first four Alien (directed respectively by Ridley Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher and Jean-Pierre Jeunet), the result remains effective and well made, with some tense sequences.

We notice above all a certain novelty with very young characters. Alien: Romulus features a group of friends who want to leave the planet where they are being exploited. To secure their passage, they must recover equipment from an abandoned station. Only inside they must face the most dangerous life form in the galaxy.

To carry out this new adventure, Fede Álvarez has relied on a young and relatively little-known cast. If Cailee Spaeny and Isabela Merced are probably the best known, this was less true for David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu before Alien: Romulus. All come out with flying colors, being well highlighted by the director.

The influence of The Last of Us 2

Since the release ofAlien: Romulussome viewers have returned to the film’s casting and the visual appearance of the characters. More specifically, video game fans The Last of Us 2which did not fail to establish connections with the work later adapted into a series by HBO. And for them, this casting ofAlien: Romulus It would have been perfect for the second season of the series. Starting with Caillee Spaeny

In my opinion Bella Ramsey gave us a fantastic Ellie in season one. However, Cailee Spaney should have been in the second one. Not only because of the passage of time between seasons, but also because of the extraordinary physical resemblance to Ellie from the second video game.

Fede Álvarez confirms this detail of Kay

When questioned about it, Fede Álvarez admitted on his X account that he was playing The Last of Us 2 while I was writing the scriptAlien: RomulusIt was thanks to this game that he thought that Kay, played by Isabella Merced, she should be pregnantlike Dina in The Last of Us 2. Luckily, the actress later landed the role of Dina for the second season of the series.

Fun fact: I was playing #TheLastOfUs2 while writing #AlienRomulus. The story of Dina being pregnant made me want to do the same with the character of Kay, who was also pregnant. Then I cast Isabella Merced as Kay… A year later, she was cast as Dina in the HBO series… True story.

If he didn’t say anything about Cailee Spaney’s look in his film, Fede Álvarez hinted that hers Navarro (Aileen Wu) It could also come from The Last of Us 2and more precisely from Lev.

Finally, furthermore The Last of Us 2Fede Álvarez has stated on several occasions that he was very inspired by the game Alien: Isolation (2014) for the terrifying atmosphere he tried to reproduce in his film.

Source: Cine Serie

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