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Alien: Romulushas been receiving great reviews from fans and critics alike, which is a huge win for the franchise. Not since 1986’sAlienshas the franchise seen such heights, with a lot of praise being given to the film’s director, Fede Álvarez.

A still from Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus | Credits: 20th Century Fox

Álvarez took to his Twitter to reveal one secret connection betweenThe Last of Us 2andAlien: Romulus, given that the director was playing the game while writing the film. One anecdote about the process reveals how the casting for the second season ofThe Last of Ushas caused one particular detail about the film to come full circle. This particular bit of trivia concerned Isabela Merced, whose character owes one major story beat to the Naughty Dog’s blockbuster video game.

Isabela Merced’s Kay was pregnant thanks to Dina fromThe Last of Us 2

In a tweet about his experience playingThe Last of Us, Fede Álvarez talked about an interesting detail that connectedThe Last of Us Part IIwithAlien: Romulus.

Fun fact: I was playing#TheLastOfUs2while writing#AlienRomulusThe story of a pregnant Dina made me think of having the character of Kay be pregnant too. Then I cast Isabella Merced to play Kay…. A year later she gets cast to play Dina on the HBO show…. True story.https://t.co/fABV9L1x1Ipic.twitter.com/prDV6bHTYf

Isabela Merced in Alien: Romulus || Credit: 20th Century Studios

Turns out, when the director was in the middle of writing the script, he decided to makeIsabela Merced‘s Kay pregnant based on the plot point of Dina fromThe Last of Us Part IIcarrying a child.

Alien: Romulus Tracking to Make Such an Astronomical Box Office Opening That Fans are Already Calling it a “Massive Success”

Funnily enough, as HBO’sThe Last of UsSeason 2 would go ahead with its production, a year after, Isabela Merced would find herself being cast to play Dina, bringing the entire creative process full circle with an odd sense of irony for Fede Álvarez. Fans of Álvarez’s work even took to responding to the tweet, saying thatRomulusdid give off a lot of vibes that were similar to The Last of Us.

Fede Álvarez was banned from theAliensubreddit on grounds of impersonation

Fede Álvarez decided to venture into the depths of Reddit to interact with fans about his film. However, moderators of the subreddit decided it was probably in the best interest of the thread to ban the director.

“He would have loved to be invited back into Alien”: Alien: Romulus’ One Astonishing Cameo Finally Fulfilled the Dying Wish of a Late Actor From Ridley Scott’s 1979 Epic

This came from a place of concern, given that moderators of the subreddit thought that Fede Álvarez was an imposter, something that get people permanently banned from the subreddit.

Taking toX, the director revealed the hilarious situation. Following the confirmation, the director’s account was immediately restored. Álvarez took the whole thing in jest, being grateful to the community moderators for running such a tight ship.

Alien: Romulus Tracking to Make Such an Astronomical Box Office Opening That Fans are Already Calling it a “Massive Success”

Alien: Romulusis currently in theatres.

Anuraag Chatterjee

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Anuraag Chatterjee, Web Content WriterWith a passion for writing fiction and non fiction content, Anuraag is a Media Science graduate with 2 year’s experience with Marketing and Content, with 3 published poetry anthologies. Anuraag holds a Bacherlor’s degree in Arts with a focus on Communication and Media Studies.

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Fede Álvarez [Credit: Instagram | @iamfedealvarez]

“He would have loved to be invited back into Alien”: Alien: Romulus’ One Astonishing Cameo Finally Fulfilled the Dying Wish of a Late Actor From Ridley Scott’s 1979 Epic