The casting lineup for Alien: Romulus continues to be revealed. According to exclusive reporting from Deadline, actor and music artist Isabela Merced has joined the cast of Fede Álvarez’s ‘Alien: Romulus.’
Merced shared the Deadline post to her Instagram, and given her wording, I think we can safely say this is confirmed.
Merced has numerous film and soundtrack credits including for Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Transformers: The Last Knight, and more recently the Netflix film Sweet Girl.
Deadline also previously broke that actor Cailee Spaeny is starring in the upcoming standalone Alien film. The film is reportedly already in production at Origo Studios in Budapest. Details surrounding the filming have remained tight, but we’ve started to see more information come to light including the confirmation of the film’s cinematographer being Galo Olivares, as well as some leaked audition videos now taken down.
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Ah, that's where I remember her from! Looking forward to what she will bring to Alien...
I wouldn't be surprised by that at all. It's not uncommon for the official title to be completely different. Prometheus and Covenant's title kept changing, and we saw it with Prey too.
Based on what we know; the idea for the movie intriguing Ridley Scott himself, the casting of the Lead, and how the movie will look(the Cinematographer knows his stuff), I think the movie has the chance to be pretty solid. I think the reaction to Prey made the studio see the potential of giving good filmmakers the chance to tell self contained stories.
I am optimistic af about this movie. It has the chance to be a solid Alien movie with modern technology that isn't bogged down by all The David/Engineers stuff that Ridley seemingly became obsessed with.
She looks so young though. She's 21 but looks like she should be cast as a teen.
I think she's a strong choice. I've seen her handle action in TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT and a mix of comedy and drama in the movie INSTANT FAMILY.