‘Alien: Romulus’ Director Fede Alvarez Explains Why His Alien Cast is Much Younger Than the Previous Films: ‘The Younger the People the Tougher it is to Watch Them Die’
variety.comAs much as paying tribute to the films before was part of “Alien: Romulus” Director Fede Álvarez’s intent, he noted how he wanted the film to stand apart on its own and “do its own thing,” saying how he wanted to “modernize” the series for contemporary audiences. “We kept a lot of the perfect elements about those original movies untouched because we didn’t need to improve them, but then we had a lot of new stuff.
That’s what makes it modern and new,” he said. Hopefully, it takes its place among the other ones, and for me, it’s never a bad time in theatres when you’re watching an ‘Alien’ movie.
It was such a joyous experience watching it for the first time.” However, he found a way to make his mark as a director by opting for a much younger cast than the previous films before them, “For me it was a way in to imagine what it would be to a bunch of young people, to grow in one of these colonies in sci-fi and at the end of the world and having to face this creature.
They’re closer to the audience in a way. They don’t know anythign about the world they’re getting into.” Plus, there’s another great benefit to having such a youthful cast as the director explained. “As a rule of thumb, in horror, the younger the people the tougher it is to watch them die.
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