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Ridley Scott Says ‘I Don’t Need Advice’ on Directing and Tried Not to Meddle With ‘Alien: Romulus’: ‘If I Fall on My Own Sword and Lie Bleeding’ Then ‘It Was My Fault’
Ridley Scott worked with "Alien: Romulus" director Fede Alvarez to finesse the script, but he tried not to give a lot of notes as he hates advise.
After directing 2012’s “Prometheus” and 2017’s “Alien: Covenant,” Ridley Scott gave up the franchise director’s chair to “Don’t Breathe” and “Evil Dead” helmer Fede Alvarez for the upcoming “ Alien: Romulus.” But Scott, who is still a lead producer on the project, worked closely with Alvarez on its development. “The danger of all franchises is they do die unless somebody suddenly decides to pick up the mat and run down the field with a ball,” Scott told the publication. Speaking at last year’s DGA Latino Summit, Alvarez said that he “had to go through the incredibly tense process of obviously sending” his final cut of “Alien: Romulus” to Scott.
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