“Does this really have to be?” The studio initially did not want to allow the Romulus scene, but the director did not give up

The Alien series is a revolution of disgust. Where previously papier-maché lizards or giant robots often populated sci-fi films, suddenly a downright disgusting organic monster was slaughtering its way through spaceships and spreading its slime throughout space. Alien: Romulus is definitely not taking a step backwards in this respect, which alone is a single scene proves it. Warning, spoilers!

Disgusting sci-fi scene in Alien: Romulus was too much for the studio at first

In the finale of the film, the infected Kay (Isabela Merced) gives birth to a terrifying Hybrid creature made up of alien, human and a so-called constructor, whose people were seen in Prometheus and its sequel Alien: Covenant.

The creature, which now also goes by the name “The Offspring”, is a figure of horror: barely three meters tall, thin, pale and slimy, it combines characteristics of all three original species. The dead black eyes of the designers, the slender limbs of the humans, but also the physiognomy of the alien: huge organs grow on it like fleshy chimneys from the back.

Watch the trailer for Alien: Romulus here:

Perhaps it’s no wonder that the producers initially found the monster’s appearance exaggerated. Director Fede Álvarez revealed to the Hollywood Reporter:

They initially rejected it, but not because they didn’t like it. They just said, “Is it maybe too much? Does this really have to be?” And I thought, “Now that we’re not supposed to do it, I know I have to do it.”

The studio behind the film is the Disney company 20th Century Fox. The concerns are understandable: when Alvarez filmed the birth of the new alien creature, a large part of the cast had to look away in disgust. The director must have liked it.

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