Alien: Covenant: Who is Katherine Waterston Playing? 

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For a while we’ve known who the cast are for Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant -  which includes Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, and Jussie Smollett -  but not who they’ll be playing. We know that Michael Fassbender will be reprising his role as synthetic ‘David’ and that some of the names above will be crew members of the titular ship, the Covenant. But apart from that every other detail has been sealed in the hull.  

Well rumours have pierced the seal and broke free of the hull and ‘OH GOOD THEY’RE IN HERE! GET OUT!’ er…the rumour concerns ‘Daniels,’ the character Waterston is playing in the movie, and if true it puts the film in an interesting position chronologically. 

For those of a sensitive disposition towards potential spoilers, take heed, here be spoilers! 

The story comes from The Playlist (via /film) who have the skinny on just who Daniels is:  

“Sources close to film and actress tell us the Waterston will be playing Ellen Ripley’s mother in “Alien: Covenant,” which is an amazing twist and true to Ridley Scott’s promise that the post-“Prometheus” prequels will eventually lead right up to the first “Alien” movie. It should be noted however that Waterston isn’t the lead of the movie, and it’s an ensemble piece like Prometheus.’” 

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The first on-set picture released from Alien: Covenant featured Katherine Waterston and she was definitely giving off a strong Ellen Ripley vibe – which we now know seems to be a very deliberate choice – whether or not she’s as much of a bad-ass as Ripley remains to be seen…or whether twists like this tend to shrink rather than expand fictional universes. 

While it’s not clear if this is a major plot point or an Easter egg for fans, one thing is certain, those early talks by Ridley Scott about taking a slow approach to bridging the world of Prometheus and Alien together seems to have sped up exponentially since this movie underwent a change from Prometheus 2 to Alien: Covenant. 

The movie will reveal its secrets August 4, 2017.

Alien: Covenant
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they thi...
Release Dates
18 Sep 2017-DVD
19 May 2017-Cinema
18 Sep 2017-VOD
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