Katherine Waterston chats to us about Ridley Scotts Alien: Covenant, and Ezra Millers hair… Before her morning coffee had brewed.
I felt a bit bad.
But, with the clock ticking on our allocated ten minutes, we persevered.
In the interests of keeping things light and pre-coffee friendly, thats where I opted to start…
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Did you have any luck finding some tequila at the premiere yesterday?
I was really disappointed.
But I found some vodka.
Um, yeah, it probably did a little.
Ridley gave it to me.
He turned to me as the lights went down and went, Vodka?
Are you not normally a watcher of scary films, then?
No, yeah, I cant tolerate them.
Im a real chicken.
How was it, seeing the film for the fist time?
And so Ive, weirdly, one thing that I found totally mind-blowing was just the opening credits.
So I was really into all of that, all of the shots of spaceships flying around.
As practical as possible, yeah.
Its a very cool moment.
It was just so silly to me, when we were shooting it, um, and really fun.
Whenever possible, Ridley gave us stuff to work with.
And its so much better that way.
I would guess onFantastic Beaststhat is was a bit more green screen-y?
Oh, thats cool!
Yeah, I think it might be, maybe, a bit of a thing of the past.
Its just something about the way your eye engages.
Its hard to see something thats not in front of you.
You kind of have to do the whole gamut of emotions here, as well.
Um, I think it may have been, with another director.
Its always the stopping and starting that can kind of make that stuff difficult to maintain.
And, in terms of the emotional stuff, I dont know… Its like, thats what we do, so it doesnt feel so bizarre to do that all day.
One of my previous directors, yeah, was reminding me of other actresses who run really well.
And asking if Id been doing any running in this film.
Saying things like, Dont screw it up!
He was like, Daisy Ridley runs really well, hows your run going?
[Laughs] So it did kind of make me paranoid!
Was that Paul Thomas Anderson?
That would be my guess.
Oh yeah, well they definitely have a lot of differences, for sure.
Its strange, you know, you dont always get that feeling on set.
But its a great… it sets a good tone on set.
You filmed this on the opposite side of the world, in Australia and New Zealand.
Did that distance from your normal life help get into the crews mind set at all?
Do you know what I mean?
Striking, extraordinary landscapes.
And we began shooting in, um, New Zealand and that really set the tone.
All the landscapes and the waterfalls there, and everything.
I think, for the whole cast, it placed us in the environment.
And I think we were sort of able to use that for the rest of the shoot.
And, finally, is it true that you wanted an Ezra MillerFantastic Beastshaircut for this?
I loved his haircut, and he didnt, at first.
He was a bit traumatised with his hair.
And thats kind of what got me thinking, um, of lopping it all off.
Um, just a potential future trend.
The micro bowl cut, or something.
[Laughs] I dont know!
Katherine Waterston, thank you very much!
Alien: Covenantreaches UK cinemas today.
