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“I mean, Alien is one of my favorite movies, for sure,” he says.

“And it’s there, you know.

Damsel

The shadow of Alien is some kind of protecting guidance I think, for every filmmaker.

It is an honor to that kind of filmmaking style that Hitchcock did.”

The28 Weeks Laterdirector shares he drew on his horror background too when conveying the darkness of the story.

Sigourney Weaver in Alien

It’s a matter of being faithful with that."

Damsel is on Netflix now.

you might listen to the full interview on theInside Total Film podcast, which is out now too.

Millie Bobby Brown in The Electric State

We also speak to Fresnadilloabout why Brown was the “perfect” actor for the role.

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Will Poulter in Warfare

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Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in Speed

Deadpool

Gabriel Luna as Tommy in The Last of Us

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The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Jonah Hauer-King as Conrad in Doctor Who: ‘Lucky Day’.