ALIEN: ROMULUS VFX Artist Teases Sigourney Weaver Easter Egg - "Once You See It, You Can’t Unsee It"
Last week, director Fede Alvarez revealed that there are hidden Easter eggs in Alien: Romulus that are connected to Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley. He also said that they are “in plain sight.”
Some fans think that they’ve found it, and the film’s VFX Supervisor Daniel Macarin also teased what it is and said that “once you see it, you can’t unsee it.”
One user on AVPGalaxy.net claims that a Starcub-class cruiser is spotted drifting away from the Renaissance station.
The user also brings up that later in the film, during the scene where Kay (Isabela Merced) is locked in a chamber with a Xenomorph, and Rain (Cailee Spaeny) is begging Andy (David Jonnson) to unlock the door, you can see Ripley’s Narcissus shuttle docked in the background.
So, that means when the Weyland-Yutani team scooped up the ejected alien at the beginning of Alien: Romulus, they also retrieved Ripley and Jones, and kept them on the Romulus for some time.
I haven’t seen these myself yet, but I’ll look out for them next time I watch the movie.
During an interview with CinemaBlend, Macarin was asked about the presence of Ripley’s stasis pod, and he responded:
“We did a tremendous amount of reference. Anytime we're asked to put in Easter eggs, it is always really fun. The hard part is not making something too obvious, and not taking away from the story.
“So a lot of times it's like, ‘Oh, wouldn't it be funny if we did this?’ It's like, ‘Yeah, but you're going to lose the shot.’ I don't want to put something in there that the audience is going to go, ‘Oh look, there it is.’
“And then people start guessing about that. They're thinking about it. So with (Ripley’s) ship, if you put it in really small, it's fine. And you get the people who have gone two or three times and they start noticing those extra details, they might see it and it's fine.
“But any Easter egg has to be done in a very particular way so that you're not taking away from the story. You're giving it to the fans who are seeing it multiple times in theaters and giving them something to question later. … But once you see it, you can't unsee it.”
While you’ve watched the film, have you seen any of these things connected to Ripley?