{"id":17727,"date":"2011-09-29T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T10:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=17727"},"modified":"2011-09-29T11:32:39","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T10:32:39","slug":"michael-fassbender-plays-a-robot-in-prometheus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/michael-fassbender-plays-a-robot-in-prometheus\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Fassbender plays a robot in Prometheus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So far so enigmatic on Ridley Scott’s return to the Alien<\/em> universe with Prometheus<\/a><\/em>, which is due to hit cinemas June 2012, but screenwriter Damon Lindeloff recently let slip some juicy details in an interview with MTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“He plays a robot,” said Lindeloff of Michael Fassbender’s character. “One of the things that evokes the idea of Blade Runner<\/a><\/em> is, \u2018What does the movie look like from the robot\u2019s point of view?\u2019 If you were to ask him, \u2018What do you think about all of this? What\u2019s going on? What do you think about these humans who are around you?,\u2019 wouldn\u2019t it be cool if we found a way for that robot to answer those questions.”<\/p>\n

Lindeloff also revealed some snippets about Charlize Theron’s character, saying, “Her character\u2019s name is Meredith Vickers and she\u2019s sort of a corporate entity. That\u2019s another one of the familiar things from the\u00a0Alien<\/em>movies \u2013 that there are corporate interests in play. I feel like Charlize brought a new spin on that old variation. It\u2019s a remix\u2026\u00a0I don\u2019t think she\u2019s slimy.She\u2019s not the fast-talking, snake-oil face of the company. By the way, ‘What company is she a face of?’, I think is a big part of the fun. As we were developing the script, she had some really cool ideas that made it not the suit you\u2019re used to.”<\/p>\n

Weyland or Yutani? That’s the question on our lips…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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