Fede Alvarez, the filmmaker who just released Alien: Romulus in theaters, explains the curious connection between his film and the game The Last of Us Part II.
The movie of Alien: Romulus has more than one reference to The Last of Uswhich its director Fede Alvarez has revealed in the last few hours through his social networks. Although, if by any chance you have not yet played The Last of Us Part IIwe warn you that your statements contain Minor spoilers about the game.
The first connection between The Last of Us and Alien: Romulus It’s the easiest to guess if you’ve been following the news about the status of the live-action adaptation of the video game for Max.
The actress Isabella Merced was signed by Max to embody Dynethe girlfriend of Elliein the second season of The Last of Usbut also appears in the recently released Alien: Romulus embodying the character of Kay.
The second connection appears when you get to know both characters a little better, since both in the series and in the film, Isabela Merced embodies pregnant womensince Fede Alvarez was inspired by the video game Naughty Dog to build your character.
The Last of Us Part II was a big inspiration for Alien: Romulus
The most striking thing is that this coincidence has occurred, since the filmmaker made the decision to incorporate this element of the video game into his film before knowing about Isabela Merced’s involvement in both projects.
“Fun fact,” he wrote Fede Alvarez in networks. “I was playing The Last of Us Part II while writing Alien: Romulus. The story of a pregnant Dina It made me think that Kay’s character might be like that too.”
“I then chose Isabella Merced to play Kay…. A year later she was chosen to play Dina in the HBO series…” The filmmaker concludes the curious fact about the relationship between The Last of Us and Alien: Romulus adding that it is a “true story.”
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