Speaking with
MTV, Damon Lindelof - who's worked on projects such as
Lost, Abrams'
Star Trek, and the upcoming sci-fi film
Prometheus - talks about the roles of Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron in the upcoming Ridley Scott film. Fassbender will play a robot, while Theron will play 'Meredith Vickers'; Lindelof describes her as a 'sort of a corporate entity'. He also discusses working with Scott, saying that he interviewed him in order to 'get a sense' of what kind of film Scott wanted
Prometheus to make. To check out a bit more from Lindelof, hit the link below.
On working with Ridley Scott...
Having done Lost for six years, I felt this tremendous responsibility because I'm one of the visionaries behind the show, so there's no safety net below you. When I got the call [from Ridley] I had this tremendous amount of relief and comfort that Ridley Scott is going to be the safety net. What ensued was a series of conversations where I was kind of interviewing Ridley to get a sense of the movie he wanted to make. Once I got a sense of that, then it was really about channeling that idea so that I was realizing his vision, as opposed to imposing my vision on it. That was my perspective. His perspective was more kind and generous in terms of ideas that I brought to the movie. But really everything I was coming up with was just a different spin on what he was saying to me.
On the roles of Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron in Prometheus...
He plays a robot. One of the things that evokes the idea of Blade Runner is, 'What does the movie look like from the robot's point of view?' If you were to ask him, 'What do you think about all of this? What's going on? What do you think about these humans who are around you?,' wouldn't it be cool if we found a way for that robot to answer those questions. When you cast a guy like Fassbender, who's going to bring a lot more to it than [makes clichéd robot movements] — that was me doing the robot, I don't know if you could tell — it's not Anthony Daniels. All due respect. He's phenomenal. But C-P3O…
Her character's name is Meredith Vickers and she's sort of a corporate entity. That's another one of the familiar things from the Alien movies — that there are corporate interests in play. I feel like Charlize brought a new spin on that old variation. It's a remix …. I don't think she's slimy [like Paul Reiser's character in 'Aliens']. She's 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're used to.
Prometheus is unleashed in theaters June 8th, 2012!