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Exclusive Interview: Alien: Covenant star Michael Fassbender

May 10, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant opens in the UK this Friday, and in the build up to the release Flickering Myth Thomas Harris was fortunate enough to speak to some of the cast about their roles in the hotly-anticipated sci-fi horror.

Yesterday we brought you interviews with Katherine Waterston (Daniels), Danny McBride (Tennessee) and Billy Crudup (Orma) [watch them here and here], and now here’s Michael Fassbender, who talks about reprising the role of David from Prometheus, as well as portraying the Covenant’s android Walter…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y809ihU8UiQ

SEE ALSO: Read our review of Alien: Covenant here

Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in ALIEN with ALIEN: COVENANT, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with PROMETHEUS — and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world — whose sole inhabitant is the “synthetic” David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

Alien: Covenant is set for release on May 12th in the UK and May 19th in the States. Prometheus stars Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Guy Pearce return alongside new cast additions Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down), Demian Bichir (A Better Life), Billy Crudup (Watchmen), Jussie Smollett (Empire), Carmen Ejogo (Selma), Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color), Benjamin Rigby (That’s Not Me), Callie Hernandez (Machete Kills), Tess Haubrich (The Wolverine) and James Franco (Why Him?).

Originally published May 10, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Interviews, Movies, Thomas Harris Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Covenant, Michael Fassbender

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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