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Alien: Romulus ‘Fixed’ The Controversial Ian Holm CGI For Home Release: ‘It’s So Much Better’

Director Fede Alvarez confirms his Alien film got a visual upgrade following its cinema release. Read more at Empire.

Those callbacks didn’t always come without controversy – one surprise awaiting audiences was the arrival of android character Rook, given the face of the late, great Ian Holm (with his estate’s permission), who played nefarious ‘bot Ash in Scott’s original Alien. It’s so much better.” Since the character was always created through “a mix of techniques”, it meant recalibrating the various elements, both practical and digital, that brought Rook to life. Read Empire ’s full Alien: Romulus interview with Fede Alvarez – talking the film’s reception, its most controversial elements, and where he’d take it next – in the 28 Years Later issue, on sale Thursday 16 January.

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