a) Cailee Spaeny would play the character Rain.
Fede always knew it was going to be her as the star of his film, and so almost wrote the movie for Cailee Spaeny.
Her character would be named Raines, but would be known as Rain and in a way she was the audience
b) Prepping up for the role
Cailee did everything that she could to bring the character to life. She watched Sigourney play Ripley in Alien. She recognised her to be past of the changing of the game that thise films did. But she realised that she could never be her.
However she injected whatever she had in herself
into that character, and tried to
make it three-dimensional – as three-dimensional as possible. So she
would hope
that her efforts were noticeable and the character comes alive.
c) With Andy the android as a brother
They're living in a mining colony. These characters are in their early twenties, realising that there's no life for them there. They find an opportunity to get out but tha means going deeper into the Weyland-Yutani corners of the colony that they perhaps shouldn't be looking at.Rain has a brother who is actually a synthetic human named Andy. When her father was dying, he left Andy to be a kind of caretaker. But Andy is a bit damaged and he’s an older model. So more than a surrogate father, he becomes a younger brother to her.
While she loves him like a brother, but
there are difficulties to be had growing up with a synthetic, and some
of the challenges that she faces during the film are related.
Cailee
found the relationship dynamic interesting to flip on its head. She
found it was really fun to explore having a synthetic human as a family
member and the questions it posed. She found David Jonsson, who played
the Andy to be very brilliant and felt that he really nailed the
performance.
Games Radar: What is her name?
Fede Alvarez: They call her Rain, but her real name, you’ll see in the movie. It’s "Raines" with an "E" and an "S". (https://www.gamesradar.com/alien-romulus-trailer-breakdown-fede-alvarez-interview/)
- Fede Alvarez:They're
living in this shitty mining colony. They're in their early twenties
and realising there's no life for them there. And they find an
opportunity to get out but that means going deeper into the
Weyland-Yutani corners of the colony that they probably shouyld be
nosing around in. (Empire, July 2024, p11)
- Fede Alvarez: When her
father was dying, he left Andy to be a kind of caretaker, But Andy is a bit damaged and he’s an
older model. So more than a surrogate father, he becomes a younger
brother to her. And that was always the heart of the story: this
relationship between the two… and how that relationship unfolds once
shit hits the fan. (https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/alien-romulus-hybrid-alien-aliens-says-fede-alvarez-exclusive/, 31st May 2024. Empire magazine, July, 2024, p10)
- Cailee Spaeny: I definitely did everything that I could to bring that character to
life. Watching Sigourney play that role – she’s part of the changing of
the game that those films did, I could never be her.
But I injected whatever I have in me into that character, and tried to
make it three-dimensional – as three-dimensional as possible. So I hope
that that’s there, and it comes alive. (https://www.gamesradar.com/alien-romulus-cailee-spaeny-proper-horror-sigourney-weaver-ripley/)
- Fede Alvarez: I always knew it was going to be her. I almost wrote the movie for her, In a way, she's the audience. That's the big difference it makes when you bring in younger characters in their early 20s. It's not that the audience is that age necessarily, but we are as inexperienced as they are when it comes to dealing with the situation that they're in. (https://ew.com/alien-romulus-director-fede-alvarez-breaks-down-new-trailer-8611454)
- Cailee Spaeny: In this one, Rain's brother is a synthetic, She loves him like her brother, but there are difficulties growing up with a synthetic, and some of the challenges that she faces during the film are related. That relationship dynamic is really interesting to flip on its head; it was really fun to explore having a synthetic as a family member and the questions it poses. David Jonsson, who plays that character, was so brilliant and really nailed that performance. (https://ew.com/alien-romulus-director-fede-alvarez-star-cailee-spaeny-tease-new-xenomorph-8642159)
- Games Radar: There’s a voice that we hear halfway through the trailer
saying "Run". Is that David Jonsson’s character, and is he an android? I
felt I could detect a tell-tale android inflection in his delivery…
Fede Alvarez: That is correct. That is David Jonsson, yes. If he’s an android or not, you should watch the movie. Can you tell that from the current trailer? I don’t know. But, yeah, he’s very assertive and cold in his delivery…(https://www.gamesradar.com/alien-romulus-trailer-breakdown-fede-alvarez-interview/)
Gamesradar: Do you see Raines in the lineage of Ripley – the resourceful, capable everywoman overcoming the odds?
Fede Alvarez: Everything is related and different at the same time. As fans, the thing you always want with these movies is, the same thing again but different. That’s usually how you want to approach these characters
She’s a younger character. . (https://www.gamesradar.com/alien-romulus-trailer-breakdown-fede-alvarez-interview/)
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