The independent interviewed Noomi for 'What happened to Monday' and she talked about Covenant.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/noomi-rapace-interview-netflix-what-happened-to-monday-prometheus-alien-covenant-bright-dragon-a7897946.html
She comes across professional without any ill feelings towards Scott.
Here's the quote from the article.
Quote[The actor briefly strayed from her code with Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant (2017) which saw Rapace reprise the role of Prometheus character Dr. Elizabeth Shaw for all of two seconds. Confusion has reigned over her involvement in the film - which was expected to be much heftier - but she's finally shed light on the situation fuelling speculation that Shaw may return in a future prequel.
"I was not supposed to be in it at all but I think Ridley wanted to build some kind of bridge between the films. I was filming in Sydney for ten days and I asked him, 'So I'm dying, right? You're gonna kill Elizabeth,' and Ridley's like 'Hmmm.' You never really know with him - he's a mystery and I adore him."]
Oh come on! Fueled speculation that Shaw may return in a future prequel?!
Not gonna happen! The "Hmm" is a polite yes. He's 80, he's busy, he's director a f**king movie! Hmm yourself, Noomi!
I still feel kinda bad for her. :-\ Fortunately it doesn't seem to bother her too much.
She was in Covenant ten years after her character died. No reason she couldn't in another film in a similar capacity.
Welcome to hollywood.
She certainly didn't "fuel speculation" but there's no reason why the 3rd movie couldn't include some additional scenes of what happened during those 10 years. Especially if the writers do decide to pursue the idea of the Queen. The work that David did on Shaw could be seen as vital to his success, therefore I could see some more flashback footage tying up those loose ends.
Wouldn't surprise me anyway.
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-noomi-rapace-on-whether-shed-return-to-the-alien-franchise?utm_content=buffer3f261&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
QuoteBut there's one key person who has yet to catch it: Noomi Rapace, the star of its prequel, Prometheus, and who figures rather tellingly in Covenant. (Don't worry, we won't spoil anything for those of you planning to catch it on home video.)
"I haven't seen it yet," Rapace — who stars in the upcoming Netflix thriller What Happened to Monday — tells SYFY WIRE. "I've just been working like a crazy mad woman for so many months. And when I'm in work mode, I can't really watch films. So I haven't seen it yet."
She adds, "I'm dying to see it. I love Ridley," name-checking director Ridley Scott, who helmed both Prometheus and Covenant.
So is Rapace up to returning to the franchise?
"I haven't to talked to anyone about it," she reveals, adding that it "depends on who is doing it. If it was Ridley, I adore him, and I would work with him any day. But it would very much come down to who the director is, I guess, and the story."
Haha, just noticed "The Evil Dictator," I think you forgot to add the "Almighty and Distinguished."
Hicks, you do a great job maintaining a civil environment, which isn't always easy.
Maybe they're saving the deleted footage between her and David for another movie?
Quote from: echobbase79 on Aug 18, 2017, 04:41:33 PM
Maybe they're saving the deleted footage between her and David for another movie?
Who knows.
Wouldn't it be great if Shaw gets cloned?
They just gave us her in hologram-form, her voice, her tombstone, her picture, her dog-tags, and references via dialogue, and it was their way of ushering her out in as clean and as graceful of a manner as possible.
She's gonna show up in Covenant 2!?? No chance. People by then would REALLY go "who the f**k is this?" If anything, give us more slices of Guy Pearce. That would at least make sense.
Quote from: BishopShouldGo on Aug 18, 2017, 11:21:17 PM
They just gave us her in hologram-form, her voice, her tombstone, her picture, her dog-tags, and references via dialogue, and it was their way of ushering her out in as clean and as graceful of a manner as possible.
Image of a character being ushered out in the cleanest and most graceful manner possible:
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alien-covenant.com%2Faliencovenant_uploads%2FxIMG_65681.JPG.pagespeed.ic.2RaEotdthd.jpg&hash=f98d2af2ad9f5196d55a6a777cf9a8bc4d6d2d85)
In terms of getting rid of the main character that you don't want to deal with anymore.
It was pretty tasteful considering what he did to her. Did you want to see the vivisection experiments? I kind of did.
I'm not talking about the way she died I just mean they handled her character's exit smoothly, as smoothly as "From Main Character to Footnote" can get. It wasn't as jarring a landing as it could've been.
. .i am glad to see that she does'nt seem to be very upset about her character being written out. .i neither loved nor hated shaw. .but one of my few criticisms of covenant would be that they should have given her just a tiny bit more of a farewell. .and what made them deside to delete the crossing?. .that was just plain silly. .anyhoo if we ever get a sequal to the prequal. .then i would not mind a quick appearance. .even tho i slightly prefer the character and performance of waterston. .
Quote from: TWJones on Aug 18, 2017, 04:37:14 PM
Haha, just noticed "The Evil Dictator," I think you forgot to add the "Almighty and Distinguished."
Hicks, you do a great job maintaining a civil environment, which isn't always easy.
Lol, the Dictator thing has been there a while but I'm gonna see if I have the character space for Almighty and Distinguished. :laugh: And thank you.
Quote from: echobbase79 on Aug 18, 2017, 04:41:33 PM
Maybe they're saving the deleted footage between her and David for another movie?
I'm not sure how much more there is. IIRC the Crossing short was pretty much all that was the in the earlier test screenings.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 18, 2017, 07:11:15 PM
Wouldn't it be great if Shaw gets cloned?
If the blood is taken from her while she was alive and David doing some experiments, what unexpected benefits do you think we might end up with?
Theu should have kept the crossing in the film. Just extend the part where it shows the engineer holocaust.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 19, 2017, 05:46:23 PM
Quote from: TWJones on Aug 18, 2017, 04:37:14 PM
Haha, just noticed "The Evil Dictator," I think you forgot to add the "Almighty and Distinguished."
Hicks, you do a great job maintaining a civil environment, which isn't always easy.
Lol, the Dictator thing has been there a while but I'm gonna see if I have the character space for Almighty and Distinguished. :laugh: And thank you.
Quote from: echobbase79 on Aug 18, 2017, 04:41:33 PM
Maybe they're saving the deleted footage between her and David for another movie?
I'm not sure how much more there is. IIRC the Crossing short was pretty much all that was the in the earlier test screenings.
Quote from: Local Trouble on Aug 18, 2017, 07:11:15 PM
Wouldn't it be great if Shaw gets cloned?
If the blood is taken from her while she was alive and David doing some experiments, what unexpected benefits do you think we might end up with?
I thought the editor said that there was twelve minutes of deleted footage between Shaw and David? Maybe I misread the quote from the interview.
Yes, I'm pretty sure Scalia mentioned 12 minutes of cut footage that bridges the gap between Prometheus and Covenant. The Crossing is much shorter than that, so that can't be it.
Quote from: echobbase79 on Aug 19, 2017, 07:51:51 PM
I thought the editor said that there was twelve minutes of deleted footage between Shaw and David? Maybe I misread the quote from the interview.
You're right regarding the alternate 12 minute Prologue.
From Pietro Scalia's interview
QuoteThere were a lot more scenes that connect directly to Prometheus but structurally it didn't work to have two or three scenes or about 12 mins. of film that connect one film to the next. And then start the actual story of AC. I think that the prologue scene with Weyland and David sets up the thematic of creation in a more cinematically elegant and concise way. In the overall context of the film, Prometheus, connects halfway through Alien Covenant as a flashback. At a point when it was important to tell what happened to the Engineers planet, the destruction, and the truth yet a hidden lie on David's part. It could possibly help answer some questions for people who had seen Prometheus, but I don't think it takes away from people who hadn't. We also tried to have two flashbacks, when David touches Shaw's grave and explains to Walter what happened and how she died, again another misdirection from David. On the Fox AC website you see some of these deleted prologue scenes and flashbacks that became part of the marketing campaign to engage viewers who wanted to know more of how the two films are connected.
https://www.provideocoalition.com/AOTC-alien-covenant-SCALIA?utm_content=buffereeef3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
If Ridley resurrects Shaw that would set up the greatest vs movie in years. Ripley08 vs David08 vs Shaw08 ... damn I'm starting to see a pattern here.
Kick big goals in China.
Not watched it yet but - http://collider.com/noomi-rapace-interview-unlocked/
Apparently she talks Covenant.
She calls Ridley "unpredictable"...
Yes, it is pretty obvious he doesn't have a big plan for the series.
He is just messing around with us.
Quote from: Hide on Aug 31, 2017, 11:02:50 AM
She calls Ridley "unpredictable"...
Yes, it is pretty obvious he doesn't have a big plan for the series.
He is just messing around with us.
He had themes he wanted to explore. As for "messing around with us," the prequels weren't his idea of a practical joke on the fans, but he did want to incite discussion and debate.
I still can't believe between the writers of Edge of Tomorrow, Blade Runner: 2049, Logan, Skyfall and Gladiator, we couldn't get a good, complex, satisfying, cerebral sci-fi horror film. Just a bunch of no-name Australians running around on planets and ships and quotes of this and that and exposition and horror tropes played straight.
Quote from: BishopShouldGo on Aug 31, 2017, 06:01:56 PM
I still can't believe between the writers of Edge of Tomorrow, Blade Runner: 2049, Logan, Skyfall and Gladiator, we couldn't get a good, complex, satisfying, cerebral sci-fi horror film. Just a bunch of no-name Australians running around on planets and ships and quotes of this and that and exposition and horror tropes played straight.
The problem was Prometheus, it was poorly written from the beginning. Fox weren't going to double down on cerebral sci-fi again. They dumbed it down, which I thought worked better in Covenant, and relied on tropes like you said.
Quote from: SM on Aug 18, 2017, 12:08:59 AM
She was in Covenant ten years after her character died. No reason she couldn't in another film in a similar capacity.
Do we know for certain she was killed ten years before Covenant? Her body seems remarkably well preserved for it have been a decade.
All Davids specimens seemed well preserved.
Noomi is something else... ;)
I was finishing up Alien Covenant: The Official Collector's Edition this weekend and one of the last few pictures shows a behind-the-scenes pic of the Neomorph egg-sac/placenta hanging from Hallett's mouth. It occurred to me this mirrored that drawing of David's that Daniels happened upon, showing something similar exuding from Shaw's (apparently) jawless mouth.
(https://i1.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/shaw5.jpg?w=656)
Makes one wonder how much of David's drawings were from his demented imagination and how many were real?