It was just yesterday that Eric hit us all with the latest casting news for Ridley Scott’s PROMETHEUS and here I am with even more news regarding the long-awaited sci-fi romp.
You see MTV recently had the chance to sit down with PROMETHEUS star Noomi Rapace and asked her how her character compares to Sigourney Weaver’s ‘Ellen Ripley.’ Scope out what the actress had to say:
“She’s definitely her own [character]. She’s a scientist and is very bright. She’s a believer. I think there are some similarities, but she’s very much her own. I don’t think people will compare her so much to Ripley once they see the movie. It’s a great honor and I’m really excited. I’ve met him [director Ridley Scott] maybe seven or eight times and he’s so passionate. He really loves movies. He watches movies every night. He’s seen everything. We had a long chat on the phone — he’s in LA now — about my character. I have many ideas and he has many ideas, and now we’re starting to search and try to find her. I’m jumping into that straight off of [‘Sherlock Holmes 2’]. My character’s name is Elizabeth Shaw, and I’ll step into her shoes in March and be her for six months or something. It’s quite a long shoot. It’s unbelievable.”
Well let’s hope that’s the case! Personally I don’t think there will be a problem seperating the two but I’m sure there are a lot of people out there that won’t be able to get Weaver’s ‘Ripley’ (below) out of their head as they’re watching PROMETHEUS. Here’s hoping Rapace (above) does a bang-up job of stopping that from happening!
Along with Rapace the flick is also set to star Charlize Theron, Rafe Spall, Michael Fassbender and Idris Elba. Filming is set to kick off later this month with a June 8, 2012 release date already pegged.
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