Alien: Romulus: How Sigourney Weaver inspired Cailee Spaeny

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Cailee Spaeny, star of the new film ‘Alien: Romulus’ spoke about how she tried to channel her inner-Sigourney Weaver for the sequel while attending the UK Gala Event in London’s Leicester Square.    She plays the young space explorer Rain, who encounters a deadly threat on an abandoned space station.    ‘Alien: Romulus’ is out in cinemas on Friday 16th August. Report by Mccallumj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00There's a lot of wire work, so there's a lot of physical exhaustion, a lot of core strength

00:06that I don't naturally have.

00:11Those I think, the combination of the long shoot and the physical exhaustion sort of

00:16get to you sometimes, but we all got along really well and had each other's back, so

00:21the support was all there.

00:23This is a really good blend of, it's an alien franchise film, but it really feels like a

00:27new generation.

00:28Were there any pinch me moments for yourself where you're like, whoa, look what the franchise

00:31was stepping into?

00:32Any real momentous occasions?

00:34Well, I think having the original special effects team, the practical team behind the

00:41xenomorph and the face huggers and the chest bursters, to have them there and have them

00:46saying things like, I remember when Sigourney, and you're like, no, I know, so much pressure.

00:53That was really surreal, but also really beautiful to bring that team back together

00:58again and sort of have an alien reunion on set.

01:01I think you can see in all the departments in this movie how much love and care was brought

01:06into this film, and Fede made sure that the people he brought on really cared about it.

01:11Or there were people who had a relationship with this franchise beforehand, so you really

01:17felt that the whole time, and hopefully that comes across on screen.

01:20Obviously you play Rain, who is her own character, but there are elements and vibes of Ripley

01:25there.

01:26You mentioned Sigourney Weaver, you're trying to channel your inner Sigourney at times.

01:29I had her performance playing on loop the whole time I was filming, hoping that something

01:35about her would seep in.

01:37There wasn't anything in particular I was trying to mimic, but I've said this before,

01:44but I think what Sigourney did in those films, and the way that she sort of went against

01:50the clichés of women and horror, I think sort of gave me, weirdly, space to inject

01:56myself and my ideas, which I really appreciate, and I have a lot to thank her for.

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