Nibbling A Celery Stick.' 'Alien Earth's' Cast Filmed With Practical Xenomorphs, And The Whole Experience Sounds Totally Surreal

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Mild spoilers below for anyone who hasn't yet watched Alien: Earth on FX or with a Hulu subscription.  FX’s Alien: Earth has finally landed on the 2025 TV schedule, bringing with it a new chapter in the Alien movie timeline spearheaded by Fargo’s Noah Hawley and the show’s impressive cast. While it seems like the new sci-fi series will deviate from the canon somewhat, there is one aspect of Ridley Scott’s original classic that came back this time: practical Xenomorphs.  Ahead of the new Hulu arrival’s debut, CinemaBlend sat down with members of the Alien: Earth cast to talk about what it was like sharing the screen with one of the scariest movie monsters of all time. When asked if there was a period of adjustment working with an actor in a Xenomorph suit, star Alex Lawther (who plays soldier and medic CJ “Hermit") opened up about how wild it was going from seeing the Xenomorph as something trying to kill his character to a guy from New Zealand hanging out on set.

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00:00yeah i i i did get used to i got maybe overly used to be hanging around as you know there's

00:06many sort of fun pictures of me and cam sitting out you know hanging out eating a packet of crisps

00:11um no saying this like the the had the proximity with comedy and horror like how

00:17actually close siblings they are pardon pardon the pun um uh absolutely uh and yeah there's

00:28something you know you say action and i'm running away from this xenomorph and it is frightening but

00:33then you say cut and he takes off his helmet and he's um a guy from new zealand in a in a in a suit

00:42yeah um nibbling a celery stick yeah right yeah yeah and so calm so casual yeah yeah it's like it's

00:51like he was at the grocery store dedicated as well to his yeah he's awesome to his work

00:55you

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