‘Alien: Romulus’ Director Fixed CGI Ian Holm for Home Release After ‘We Ran Out of Time to Get it Right’ for Theaters: ‘I Convinced the Studio to Spend the Money’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director “Alien: Romulus” director Fede Álvarez said in an interview with Empire magazine that he understands why some viewers reacted negatively to the appearance of late actor Ian Holm in the film.
Holm played the android Ash in Ridley Scott’s original “Alien” film and died in 2020 at 88 years old. The actor’s likeness was resurrected in “Romulus” via CGI for a new android character named Rook, but many viewers complained that Rook’s appearance was mostly bad visual effects that looked like a muddled Ian Holm deepfake.
Álvarez would seem to agree. “We just ran out of time in post-production to get it right,” the director admitted to Empire. “I wasn’t 100 per cent happy with some of the shots, where you could feel a bit more the CG intervention.
So, for people that react negatively, I don’t blame them.” Álvarez revealed that he corrected Rook’s visual appearance for the “Alien: Romulus” home release on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD and digital, explaining: “We fixed it.
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