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“Oh, it was always really sad when someone died, you know.
Because we shot it chronologically. I think we were all getting
really attached to each other,” Spaeny said.
“So, whenever a death came up, it sort of was a very emotional
day,” added Spaeny, who plays the main protagonist named Rain
Carradine.
“Alien: Romulus,” which arrives in U.S. theaters on August 16,
is a standalone film that takes place between the events of the
1979 “Alien” movie and the 1986 “Aliens” film.
The science-fiction horror film follows a group of young
scavengers who enter a derelict space station looking for
valuables.
However, instead of finding anything profitable, they are hunted
and attacked by vicious xenomorphs, which are the black
antagonist aliens famously known within the “Alien” franchise.
Box Office Pro predicts that "Alien: Romulus" will have an
opening of $35 million to $50 million.
"Romulus" director and writer Fede Alvarez was dedicated to
making the aliens in the film look and feel as real as possible.
"When it comes to the xenomorph, when you have those
face-to-face encounters, you know, there's just nothing that
beats the practical," Alvarez said about making convincing
extraterrestrials.
British actor Archie Renaux, who plays a scavenger named Tyler,
also feels that having quality-made aliens in the film was
vital.
“These animatronics are amazing. The teeth, and you can see the
gums move and shatter," he said.
Fortunately, the cast wasn’t completely terrified by the alien
animatronics and costumes, as the reality of filming a fictional
movie was ever present.
"Eventually, you know, you're around them (cast members dressed
as aliens) enough, you start seeing them drinking, like, a
coffee," said Isabela Merced, who plays the scavenger Kay.
(Reporting by Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross; Editing by Mary
Milliken and Jonathan Oatis)
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