It would be fair to say that as Alien: Earth’s Peter Pan inspirations – subtle and not – have become more well known throughout the show’s promotion, it’s been an aspect of the series’ narrative that has raised some eyebrows amongst the fandom. In a new article from Den of Geek, series showrunner Noah Hawley talked about his use of the classic tale.
Wendy’s brain has to be prepubescent because adult minds are too “stiff” to make the jump to a new form. The human-to-machine transition was pioneered by young Prodigy CEO Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin) at his lush (and, yes, damp) island lair. The name of said lair? Neverland, obviously.
“I had this instinct for Peter Pan as a classic metaphor about children growing up. And then when I delved deeper into it and re-read the book, I realized, ‘Oh, this is a horror story,’” Hawley says. “It’s super dark, man. Peter Pan is almost a sociopath. He’s a lost boy who doesn’t want to grow up, but of course, we need to grow up if we’re going to survive on this hot, wet planet.”
Given the unique nature of a child’s mind placed inside a sophisticated and strong mature appearing body is something of a unique situation, movement coach Daniel O’Neil and child development coach April Beresford took some unusual approaches while preparing the cast to portray Alien: Earth’s Lost Boys.
“On the very first day, our movement coach set up chairs in the center of the room, turned on some music, and said, ‘Go.’ We’re all adults who barely know each other, and now we’re playing musical chairs,” Chandler says. “That broke all of the ice for us as actors and as people and as characters. I think any group of coworkers should definitely do something like that because it allows you to throw away any preconceptions or fears.”
Speaking to the visual consistency between the Nostromo and the Maginot, production designer Andy Nicholson explains that they’re more thought involved than simply replicating the look of Alien’s iconic spaceship design.
“The Yutani design motif for the Nostromo was so strong that any other ship of that period in the Yutani fleet would just take design elements from it,” he says. “I’ve been on both an aircraft carrier and a cruiser in the Royal Navy as part of research on previous shows. And the rooms are pretty identical on both, even though the ships are massively different. Because they know it works. It’s practical. It does a job.”
Be sure to head on over to Den of Geek to check out the entire piece.
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