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Noomi Rapace Interview For Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’
Jun 8th
Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With ‘Prometheus,’ he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. Out in cinemas now, ‘Prometheus’ offers Ridley Scott’s signature brand of action, thrills, astounding visuals, scares, and much, much more. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, Emun Elliott, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Vladimir ‘Furdo’ Furdik, Patrick Wilson, and Benedict Wong. Check out my previous ‘Prometheus’ interviews here: Ridley Scott. Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, and Charlize Theron. Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce. Charlize Theron. Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof.
Your character has an interesting dynamic with Michael Fassbender’s David throughout ‘Prometheus’?
Noomi Rapace: Yeah. Elizabeth Shaw has passion, desire, love, dreams. And I think she’s a little bit afraid of David, you know? You don’t know what David’s programmed for, you don’t know who he’s working for and what his purpose is. It was very unpredictable being around David because you don’t know, it’s unsettling for her. I think Elizabeth Shaw is aware of that, so she’s careful when she’s around him. And then in the second half of ‘Prometheus,’ there’s a moment where she’s quite emotionally attached….she has strong feelings towards David, but then it’s like she corrects herself, “He’s a robot, don’t waste your energy on that.”
Ridley Scott & Damon Lindelof Interview For ‘Prometheus’
Jun 6th
Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With ‘Prometheus,’ he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. Ridley Scott offers his signature brand of action, thrills, astounding visuals, scares, and much, much more, when ‘Prometheus’ is unleashed in cinemas from June 1st in the UK and June 8th in the US. ‘Prometheus’ stars Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, Emun Elliott, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Vladimir ‘Furdo’ Furdik, Patrick Wilson, and Benedict Wong. Directed by Ridley Scott, ‘Prometheus’ is written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof (Lost, J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek). Check out my previous ‘Prometheus’ interviews here: Ridley Scott. Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, and Charlize Theron. Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce. Charlize Theron.
At what point during the films development process did you realise ‘Prometheus’ was becoming something bigger in scope and ambition than you had initially anticipated?
Ridley Scott: The original film, ‘Alien,’ was kind of boxed into an old dark house theory, with seven people wondering around. Then an eighth presence that became very dangerous. So in a sense it was a very contained movie. I knew that by stepping out of that arena, what I must do would have to be kind of epic. In the sense of it’s going to have to ask larger questions, bigger questions. The starting block question was always: Who was the skeleton in the seat, in the ‘Alien’ movie? What did he mean, what was his intention by having such a cargo? And once you open that door and you step through into that new world, then it opens up into a huge arena. There’s absolutely no problem in filling the walls in what would be called “epic”.
Damon Lindelof: I think that the size of the movie, of ‘Prometheus’….”epic” is a word that gets sort of thrown around willy-nilly, but obviously Ridley’s desire to return to this universe that he left over 30 years ago, there had to be a reason behind it. I think the idea that ‘Alien’ was his first movie and ‘Blade Runner’ was his second sci-fi film, why come back? What more have you got to say? The answer is that he has a lot more to say, he’s been thinking about it all of this time. A big part of it is, “I worked on a much smaller canvas last time, now it’s time for me to do my Sistine Chapel.” Just to open up the world, so that it’s not as claustrophobic, but at the same time, in addition to the movie just being bigger in scope in terms of the way that it looked, it also felt like it was bigger in terms of its thematic intent. Now that he’s older, he’s starting to ask different questions about mortality, the meaning of life. Why are we here, what is our purpose? As I started having these conversations with him as we were developing the screenplay, suddenly it was like, “Wow, Ridley Scott wants to do some more profound sci-fi. God I hope he doesn’t fire me because this sounds pretty cool!” (Laughs).
Charlize Theron Interview For Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’
Jun 5th
Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With ‘Prometheus,’ he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. Ridley Scott offers his signature brand of action, thrills, astounding visuals, scares, and much, much more, when ‘Prometheus’ is unleashed in cinemas from June 1st in the UK and June 8th in the US. ‘Prometheus’ stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce. Check out my previous ‘Prometheus’ interviews here: Ridley Scott. Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, and Charlize Theron. Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce.
Alongside Michael Fassbender’s David, your character is the biggest enigma out of the crew….
Charlize Theron: Definitely. Meredith Vickers, she’s a bit of an enigma, she really is. I think that mystery was something I really liked. This is a beautiful ensemble cast, so you kind of try to find the few elements in your character that sets them apart from the rest. I really do like that she really is, in many ways, the character who kind of almost goes against, or fights everything that everybody else is there to do and is excited about. She works for the Weyland Company, who built this spaceship and basically funded this mission for these two scientists, Noomi Rapace’s Shaw and Logan Marshall-Green’s Holloway, to go and find what they believe is the origins of where we’ve come from.
Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green & Guy Pearce Interview For ‘Prometheus’
Jun 1st
Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With ‘Prometheus,’ he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. Ridley Scott offers his signature brand of action, thrills, astounding visuals, scares, and much, much more, when ‘Prometheus’ is unleashed in cinemas from June 1st in the UK and June 8th in the US. ‘Prometheus’ stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce.
Janek, the captain of the Prometheus, he’s an officer in the classic tradition, an alpha male whose primary mission is to protect the ship and its crew?
Idris Elba: Yeah. Captain Janek, he’s the captain of this vessel, this “old sea dog” sort of guy in the classic tradition. He’s an engineer, he‘s got a pretty straightforward job. He works on these huge vessels that do long-haul space trips, that do odd jobs for this company called Weyland. He’s the captain of Prometheus, he‘s like a longshoreman and a sailor. It’s his life and the crew is his responsibility. He has a character and personality that will reveal itself in the film, but his primary purpose on that ship is to fly it and to get it from point A to point B. He’s not really involved in the politics that ensues in the film. Ultimately, he makes a huge decision that sums him up as a man. It was exciting to be a part of ’Prometheus.’ I consider Ridley Scott a masterful filmmaker, he’s great.
Ridley Scott Interview For ‘Prometheus’
May 31st
Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With ‘Prometheus,’ he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. Ridley Scott offers his signature brand of action, thrills, astounding visuals, scares, and much, much more, when ‘Prometheus’ is unleashed in cinemas June 1st in the UK and June 8th in the US. ‘Prometheus’ stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, and Guy Pearce.
You haven’t directed a science-fiction film in decades, with both of them (’Alien‘ and ‘Blade Runner‘) being two of the most revered genre films of all time. What inspired you to return to the genre?
Ridley Scott: Over the past few decades, I think we’ve been ‘action filmed-out’ and ‘monster filmed-out’ and almost ‘science fiction filmed-out‘. So the baseline question is, “How original are you going to be?” The reason I haven’t made another sci-fi film in so many years, apart from the fact I’ve been busy making other films and exploring different genres, is because frankly I haven’t come across anything worthwhile for me to do with enough truth, originality and strength. ‘Prometheus’ has all three.
Four New Clips From Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’
May 30th
Offering us a closer look at the film, 20th Century Fox has set loose these four new clips from Ridley Scott’s sci-fi adventure flick, ‘Prometheus.’ Ridley Scott, the renowned filmmaker who reinvented the science fiction film genre – having helmed ‘Alien,’ a groundbreaking mix of science fiction and horror, followed by ‘Blade Runner,’ one of the most revered and influential genre films of our time – offers his signature brand of action, thrills, scares, and much, much more, when ‘Prometheus’ is unleashed in cinemas June 1st in the UK and June 8th in the US. ‘Prometheus’ features a top-notch cast in Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Rafe Spall, and Guy Pearce.
In the distant future, two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system’s natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team discovers an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers. Ridley Scott, director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
