Henriksen Dishes Aliens Vs Predator News
Am I good or what? When I first reported that Henriksen had joined the cast, I mused that he would play a precursor to the android he played in Aliens, “Bishop”. Turns out I was not only on the mark, but his character plays the founder of the space corp that sends Ripley into space in the first movie.
Summer 2004 can’t get here fast enough, I think.
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Lance Henriksen, who plays billionaire industrialist Charles Bishop Weyland in the upcoming franchise hybrid film Alien vs. Predator, told SCI FI Wire that director Paul W.S. Anderson wrote the role specifically for him, as a nod to the previous Alien films. “I was the first one cast in the movie,” Henriksen said in an interview on the set in Prague. “Paul was gracious enough to literally, for two hours, tell me every scene in the movie. And I was stunned, because he has this incredible enthusiasm for what he’s doing and what his vision is that he had the energy to do that. So I was really welcomed.”
Set in the present day, Alien vs. Predator will be a prequel of sorts to the four Alien films, which are set in the distant future. “It’s like going through the looking glass backwards here, because now we’re going back in time to before Aliens, before Alien even.” Henriksen said. “The way [Anderson has] structured this script, there’s such logic to it all, such sense, because we know those movies before, and we’re not denying you know them, so when you see this movie you’re going to see something completely different, but it’s got those genres in it.”
As the head of Weyland Industries, a precursor to the Weyland-Yutani Corp. referenced in the first Alien film, Henriksen’s character is the implied inspiration for the future android Bishop, whom he portrayed in Aliens and Alien 3. “This one is really closure, because I’m the guy that started the robotics that goes into use in the future,” Henriksen said. “And they patterned it after me, so it’s kind of a [tribute].”
Henriksen’s character isn’t the only link to the films that spawned the upcoming alien showdown, he said. “Oh, there’s a lot of nods in this, but they’re more treats than anything.” Alien vs. Predator is scheduled for release Aug. 6, 2004.
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