Ridley Scott and Fede Alvarez Break Down The Iconic Chest Burster Scene from 'Alien'

We sat down with Fede Alvarez and Ridley Scott for an exclusive breakdown of the iconic chest burster scene in Alien. See it come to life again on the big screen when it returns to theaters for the film's 45th anniversary on April 26. Get your tickets NOW!
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[@danielwoods3563]

Neil Blomkamp “This could’ve been us” 😭

[@fredybougard6506]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 bro 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fredybougard6506]

Neil have some cool concept if he was chosen one, he will get his time I hope

[@danielwoods3563]

@@fredybougard6506 his concepts were a$$ juice.

[@giovannig2278]

Glad it wasn’t Neil lmao 😂

[@wesleyvr12]

no man Neil was going to make the xeno's just like how jurassic world did by the Raptors as pets 😂😂

[@edudario1974]

I'm uruguayan... It's incredible how Fede got to be in this place, in 14 years, since "Ataque de pánico", the video clip he did, was published on KZbin. I can't believe this guy from my country is about to release a new Alien movie. I mean... ALIEN, one of the most beloved franchises in modern cinema. The best luck for him !!

[@oregonflatland]

I love how even in the original 1979 film you can see that the xenomorph has metal teeth when the chestburster first appears.

[@onemancinema4642]

You know you've done good when Stanley Kubrick calls you up and tells you you're awesome.

[@aidanp2544]

Sir Ridley, thank you for making Alien. You create history.

[@hansbambach4854]

He may have made it, but without the writers and giger it would have been nothing. To many people give him all the credit for the movie it’s pathetic

[@Stephen-hm8wy]

Brilliant Film...a classic now...

[@crappymcdick]

??? that movie works because of ridley's atmosphere in directing

[@TheNowhereMan0]

He destroyed Alien with that trash called Covenant...

[@hansbambach4854]

@@TheNowhereMan0 he absolutely did

[@plasmaarmelund]

Love the Kubrick story :D

[@unawedjoker]

I could listen to Ridley talk about Alien all day

[@MaxiZamac]

Alien is such a true Sci Fi masterpiece.

[@SpaceJockey805]

I’m actually pretty excited for this new Alien film, more so than the last several entries. I love the timeframe, I love that both Ridley and James Cameron gave their input, and I’m glad that it’s going back to claustrophobic horror.

[@kaukomarsu]

Right, this time it looks really promising!

[@jameslacey5474]

Same here. As suggested by the art direction.

[@sourabhkarmakar8040]

That's why Scott made that scene like that in Covenant where David mesmerizing the birth of the child from Captain Oram, teaching him hand gestures. It was so beautiful with the music and everything, well of course from David's point of view, not us cause that's terrifying to us.

[@user-le4sm4wd1e]

Kubrick, Alien. nuff said 🥰

[@tonyhill1264]

I saw this movie in 1979 as an 11 year old and it terrified me... So awesome!!! 👍

[@smoothbrain4384]

August is too far away.

[@larryweatherspoon2531]

It perfect just enjoy the summer

[@conatcha]

The movie will most probably suck, just like the ALL OTHERS did. So enjoy your present time and make the best of it.

[@Batmanfan4life]

The movies releasing in September not August

[@larryweatherspoon2531]

@@Batmanfan4life sorry

[@Batmanfan4life]

@@larryweatherspoon2531 for what

[@pho3nix-]

I'm super excited for Alvarez' movie

[@kaukomarsu]

Love that story about Kubrick! 😂😂😂

[@spooty75]

I'll have to mark it in my calendar to watch my 4K blu ray on the 26th!

[@DSP0511]

I'm seeing the original in the theater this coming Saturday.

[@Cinna316]

Que orgullo ver a Fede conversando con el mismísimo RIDLEY SCOTT

[@lt_bigblue4934]

Watched this when I went to go watch the Alien 45th Anniversary in theaters, was really cool to see.

[@materialistadialectico4884]

¡Qué crack Fede Álvarez bo!

[@christiansebastian9509]

Uruguay 🇺🇾

[@lurkerrekrul]

I wish he had debunked the persistent myth that the rest of the cast had no idea what was going to happen in that scene.

[@eliveizajever9867]

Grazie!

[@brysimm404]

That scene is STILL incredibly violent and scary. And the reacting is real 😳😮

[@rickbone3906]

I missed the opportunity to see this interview, would love to see it on KZbin soon

[@MasterChris666]

i can not wait

[@stationDXG]

I watched the full interview. Ridley also talks about how he used his kids as actors and put them in spacesuits when he was shooting scenes of the Alien space craft to make the set piece seem bigger. I went to see Alien this past Friday at the theater

[@wrcpatrick]

This wasn't included in my local theater screenings of the Alien anniversary release. =(

[@thunderboltproductionsshpk]

Thank you Ridley for everything, and i mean it!!! This guy is a living legend and a continuos inspiration for everyone who loves Cinema. Cant wait in any case.

[@nigelcarren]

Fun fact: Here in France I once impersonated John Hurt in an O2 commercial. It's a pretty tight impersonation. What I ALWAYS get a kick out of quoting in French restaurants is the line: "First thing I do when I get back to earth... is get some decent bloody food!" By earth, I do of course mean England. 🤣🇬🇧👽 Bless his memory, my favourite actor in my favourite film.

[@AnotherNormalYorkshireman]

Sucks that alien wont be in uk cinemas. Especially as alien was filmed in the uk, and ridley is from there.

[@Paisa231]

Please provide us with a 4K SE with the original poster picture :D

[@victorkhor9159]

kane 'son is iconic , sir

[@GSmyth85]

Folks does anyone know where I can find the full interview to this?

[@ReadyPlayerTomVR]

Fede Alvarez seems like a very passionate, yet humble guy. I really enjoy hearing him speak on film, and very much enjoy his film style. As a die hard Alien fan, I can't wait to see what he delivers. Everything looks top notch from the trailer. Although i'm PSYCHED to see the pulse rifle return at the end of the trailer, i'm really disappointed to see yet another Ellen Ripley clone. I would much rather a drastically different hero for the new Alien film. Giving us a character more like Dutch from Predator would be so much more refreshing... it takes away form Ripley as a character when there's dozens of women who look, and act just like her whom have defeated Xenomorphs in nearly identical ways lol.. She literally looks like she's cosplaying as Ripley, same as Daniels in Covenant, same as Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus, same as amanda ripley in Isolation, etc.. like can we break from the RIPLEY mold please? I really hope the trailer is tricking us, and she's not Ellen Ripley 2.0 like we've seen repeated over, and over again within the Alien universe. That being said I'm very optimistic cause it looks beautiful, and everything i've been asking for with a new ALIEN film. Can't wait.

[@CryptidTactical]

Outstanding 😈

[@funkmachine9094]

cool

[@cleberrenato429]

❤❤❤...

[@iena1997]

We need another Alien prequel, Ridley.

[@exodus_gaming5282]

man this scene always freaked me out as a child, still can not watch it lol

[@AdAstra78]

You should, it's hilarious. Unfortunately.

[@arjunjawahar8110]

Movie isn't coming out to in june

[@MrDaeltaja]

April 26? Thought it was out in August?

[@gerard20088]

Uruguay No mas!!!!!!!

[@ocrampalevu2042]

God thanks for Fede Alvrez

[@tech9110]

We need a sequel to the prequel movie 'Alien Covenant'. It is a master piece, including the 'Prometheus'. Those 2 prequels are very fascinating and mostly accurate and realistic Sci-Fi movies. I love these kind of mysterious and deep thought provoking movies.

[@bobneilly1295]

The Alien running off the table always reminds me of the Singing Frog on Bugs Bunny.. " Hello my baby...

[@MarcMcKenzie-qb6or]

And guess what they used in the chest bursting scene from SPACEBALLS....

[@robertneilly4349]

@@MarcMcKenzie-qb6or never seen spaceballs

[@user-sc9li1qt1e]

My idea for a third alien covenant/prometheus movie is as follows: The engineers are the main characters in the movie and comes to the planet that was in the Prometheus movie. There they find Weyland inside the crashed spaceship. They have a blue elixir(which both heals and gives eternal life) which they empty all over him and bring him to life. But while doing this the Deacon from the Prometheus movie sneaks into their spaceship and hide it self in one of the ventilation chambers. In the next part they arrive at the planet from alien covenant and find the other robot(Walter) who is david's twin.The engineers use the blue elixir and repairs him. Once awaken the engineers and Weyland get to know all the horrible things that David has done, and weyland says "we have to stop David" . They set course for origae. When they arrive,they scans all the planet,and finds the planet is full of hostile organisms except on a high mountain where they discover that there are humans inside a cave. Inside the cave they meet a herd of children, who tell that when they had lived on the planet for over ten years, they began to be attacked by Xenomorphs and all the adults died or were turned into these creatures. There were also great giants developed by someone the children calls David. The engineers get ready to wipe out all the Xenomorphs that David has created, but the great giants manage to escape with one of the engineers' spaceships. The engineers and Weyland hunts the spaceship and manage to force the spaceship down on the planet lv426.Where it start sending a distress signal. The engineers return to Origae to find David, but discover that he has escaped. In the last part we see David arriving and meeting an unknown alien species on a tropical like planet. At the same time Nostromo leaves a nearby planet with the cargo of ore. But when he and the unknown aliens have left the spaceship,the deacon slips out of the ship and is seen running toward the nearest settlement. And that makes the cliffhanger that ends the third movie. The ending movie could have a duration about five hours ?

[@aopaul]

The only character that deserves to be brought back to life is Elizabeth Shaw. They did her dirty in the worst way.

[@SergeiKraven]

@@aopaul I agree. She had the potential to be the next Ripley. Also, she could have played a role of discovering the derelict at LV-426, or chasing the derelict to stop the Engineer of going to earth, idk.

[@user-sc9li1qt1e]

@@aopaul The meaning with bringing Old Weyland back,is to show that the engineers had the elixir to both bring dead back to life,and to prolongue life.That is the mission of the spaceship "Prometheus"in the first movie.This secret mission was hidden from the crew,and is essential in the first movie,so i feel that a conclusion is needed 😀

[@user-sc9li1qt1e]

@@SergeiKraven That was an idea in an early script,instead they wrote her completely out,even out of the prologue😖 Perhaps it had to do with salary ? Or that they wanted more famous actors for the next movies ?

[@SergeiKraven]

@@user-sc9li1qt1e Elaborate.

[@flyboymcgee8059]

Fede looks like a young Ridley with glasses

[@geoafe66]

👍

[@ozymandias9149]

US only?

[@th3lonef0x4]

Sadly that seems to be the case at the moment. I less they last minute reveal there are screenings out of the states.

[@casualgamerr889]

Let Ridley Finish his prequel trilogy!

[@zacharygreene4439]

No! He’s destroyed the franchise

[@21scavage]

The man hasn't made a good movie since The Martian 9 years ago. Even then, most his movies were terrible around that time. Truly he started to really go down hill as a director of characters after Gladiator. He has always been fantastic at framing and making movies look beautiful. But outside of that he has completely lost his edge.

[@casualgamerr889]

@@21scavage I really enjoyed the last duel. Alien covenant had me wanting more so that’s why I’d like to see it come to an end. Plus David storyline

[@SpaceJockey805]

I agree, I’m interested to see where he wanted to take it, even though it probably would have ruined the mystery. I’m doing just fine with ignoring Prometheus and Covenant. I know other people are having a hard time with that. In fact, I’ve pretty much ignored all the films since Alien 3, and even that one has major plot issues for me.

[@chayanemenny201]

@@casualgamerr889 not only David storyline, but "we" need more about Engineers! It's been a mystery since 1st Alien, when Nostromo squad found that big skeleton. In two prequels we only saw a glimpse of them!

[@Streetrocker28]

Makes me angry he didn’t let Blomkamp made an Alien 5

[@Tomtycoon]

1:24 AAOW GHAOD!

[@ethicx007]

I'm Indian fan Ridley Scott ❤

[@MikeBoardley]

I'm excited to see it tomorrow in the theater.

[@chayanemenny201]

I would like better to hear about Space Jockey/Engineer scene!

[@VeeHausen]

Ridley....please....please bring back Raised by Wolves!?! 😘

[@maxben565]

The real horror is what’s become of the Alien movies.

[@TheMovieslingers]

Love the Kubrick story. Its like that time he ruined James Cameron's birthday by asking how True Lies was made instead of letting Jim ask about his own movies lol

[@soltanalosmi475]

When stanly got interested.. but sadly he didn’t create a horror magic after the original alien

[@dis_inferno9173]

We need sequel to Covenant so badly.

[@conatcha]

Speak for yourself. I need to forget about Prometheus and Covenant.

[@tech9110]

Yes, me too. Those prequels are master works. I don't care if the majority of people didn't liked the Alien Covenant. I guess people just want story the way they want to be? But I don't. I love both of them. I love mysterious, but linked, and deep thought provoking movies. By linked movies, I mean a movie with a story that makes sense in the end, once you solve the mystery, and the clues should be in the movie, not outside the movie or its story.

[@spinningaround]

The last pinnacle of human creativity

[@conatcha]

Creativity is dead.

[@checotey]

… OUTRAGE😂😂😂

[@SP-cp3qu]

n1

[@Phil_Mitchell]

Alien Romulus is just going to be an imitation of the original Alien and Aliens. It might be good but it's not going to be anything we haven't seen before. Say what you want about Ridley's Alien prequels but at least they try and move into a different direction in the story with the engineers.

[@user-sc9li1qt1e]

You are right😀 They probably need a new take on the story ? Come up with a story involving a new kind of aliens ? Perhaps the main enemy of the engineers ?

[@BlueMarsalis]

*Very loud incorrect buzzer*

[@gold333]

We want Neil Blomkamp's version. So sick of these "yet another group of people get eaten" Alien movies by no name directors, like they are made for children. Give us Blomkamp, gives us a proper Alien 2 sequel.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

So Ridley, didn't Cameron do a great job with the alien queen in the sequel?......

[@OfficialSapphirePhoenix]

😅😅😅

[@juandeleon1975]

we really dont know,,, only thing Ridley say´s is "theres a major problem whit an Xeno-Queen" thats all

[@OfficialSapphirePhoenix]

@@juandeleon1975 That he didn't come up with it himself and low key the sequel is better than the original

[@BlueMarsalis]

​@@OfficialSapphirePhoenix lmao no

[@juice7518]

Its funny how ridley talks about the chestburster BECAUSE HE SCREWED ITS' DESIGN UP IN THE COVENANT!!!!!

[@juandeleon1975]

April 26 is so faaaaaaaaar.... dem

[@alcoholicgoat]

Yeah this interview must be great when it isn't crammed right before the screening for Alien and you get 8 minutes of Ridley Scott circlejerking himself and ruining any anticipation for the movie I'm about to see. Good job, Ridley.

[@itsstans75]

What made the 1986 Aliens such a great sequel? Cameron took the original idea of a killer alien and expanded the universe, story and characters instead of trying to recreate the formula again. Which is why Alien 3 failed because u could clearly see the writers had no and idea no direction so they ended up with the same original 1979 Alien formula which by then was no longer original nor a fresh concept. Fincher was a great director but he had so little to work with and not forgetting the studio's interference.

[@qy3329]

Dude is 86 and appears crystal clear and very healty, nice.

[@deltavagen9796]

wtf. how did fede get so old so quick...

[@asian-americanwithanopinio8954]

Great, now I know who dies first in "Alien"

[@alexquinonez8443]

Aliens is better

[@jasonl1942]

And talk about how they keep dining off the memory of this scene with increasingly more inferior follow ups...

[@CordellPotts]

Breaking down a 40yr old scene that has been broken down 100s of times since. Yawn.

[@thermonuclearcollider4418]

Had the assignment been "tell me you know nothing about marketing without telling me you know nothing about marketing", you would've passed with flying colors.

[@AdAstra78]

As much as I adore Alien, this scene is distractingly awful. As a concept, it's timelessly great. As a visual effect, it's so, so bad...

[@wm6746]

You better not mess up the franchising..😡😡😡😡

[@arncj18]

it is clear they only did the re release to plug the new movie which will suck bals

[@Mr.warrior666]

Ridley Scott ruined the franchise with Prometheos and Covenant

[@joeman8523]

Cheers for no Alien 5 Ridley....NOT!

[@TheNowhereMan0]

I hate Ridley. Too much ego.

[@hansbambach4854]

Romulus is going to be utter 💩💩💩

[@robertjazz3613]

You saw it ?

[@jataviouswilliamson976]

i hope Alien Romulus is a good Alien film ❤️

[@SpaceJockey805]

You don’t know that.

[@venturefray]

His words now😒, 4 months in the future: “Oh! DAMN!😟”

[@thermonuclearcollider4418]

"Romulus" actually has the potential of the being a pretty serviceable flick. Fede Alvarez might not be the greatest horror\thriller director ever, but his heart is in the right place - and I am saying this as someone who wasn't impressed by his "Evil Dead" remake (whose visual style actually reminded me more of "Alien" than "Evil Dead", so the man might right be at home here). Script-wise, there are more than 30 years of expanded universe material (comics, video games) to take inspiration from. The comics alone demonstrate that coming up with the story for an "Alien" movie is not actually as difficult as they made it feel like over the years because a) they had no clue about what they were doing or wanted (Alien 3) b) the were hiring the wrong people (Alien: Resurrection) c) they were too concerned with being artists (Prometheus, Covenant). Provided that the studio didn't meddle with it like they do more often than not nowadays, I think Romulus could be a decent flick, maybe a bit reeking of nostalgia\fan-service, but decent.

[@JANE_ESTER]

26/04/2024 , sexta-feira Happy Alien Day 🌌 LV-426 Ellen Ripley ♥️📖🖊️ Amanda Ripley... ? 💰😡💭Nenhum filme para comprar aqui no KZbin. Revisitar 🛋️☕🥐☕🍞🎂🍰🍽️🍰🍽️ Rodrigo 🖊️