The Blade Runner director says he struggled to come up with a new look for his Alien prequel Prometheus because of all the other sci-fi spectaculars.
“One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven’t done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up,” says Ridley, 74.
“Every type of spacesuit is used up, every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the corridors are similar and the planets are similar. So what you try to do is lean more heavily on the story and on the characters, to give you lift-off.”
