Its about a classic character who shows up, played by an actor who passed away in 2020.
InRomulus, Rain and her friends encounter a synthetic being named Rook who looks like actor Ian Holm.
He is, after all, just a robot.
A very surprising actor shows up in Alien: Romulus.Image: Fox
One that, unlike every other similar character in the franchise, never got to return.
Thats where the reasoning begins.
It was out of fairness in a way, Alvareztold Variety.
I felt it was so unfair that Lance Henriksen made many appearances and Michael Fassbender.
And I felt it was crazy that Ian Holm was never back.
Holm, however, passed away in 2020 so to bring him back caused more than a few challenges.
it’s possible for you to never capture the nuance of someones performance and their choices.
So we designed a different character, but it shares the same likeness.
To accomplish the feat, an animatronic creation with Holms face was on-set operated by nearby puppeteers.
Then, yes, an AI was used to generate a voice that sounded closer to Holms.
He would have obviously done it differently.
Its not like we skipped hiring an actor.
Alien: Romulusis now in theaters.
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