Michael Fassbender Plays An Android In PROMETHEUS!

Following from the android roles previously played by Ian Holm as Ash in 1979's ALIEN and Lance Henriksen as Bishop in 1986's ALIENS, screenwriter-producer Damon Lindelof has revealed that Michael Fassbender will portrayed the similar character in Ridley Scott's upcoming ALIEN prequel, PROMETHEUS. Here's what Lindelof had to say below.

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...

In the meantime, Lindelof also revealed a few details about Charlize Theron's character, who plays a "corporate entity" named Meredith Vickers.

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.