澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Alien: Romulus' Cailee Spaeny had big, Pulse Rifle-wielding shoes to fill. Taking over from Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley as the franchise's new female lead is no small feat, but the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Civil War and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Priscilla star took it all in her stride.

"I had [Weaver's] performance playing on repeat for months. I was sort of hoping that something would seep in," Spaeny tells out on Thursday, July 19, which features the sci-fi horror sequel on the cover. "But I never felt intimidated. That role wasn't written for a woman, so there was real freedom. And because Sigourney injected all of herself into it, that then opens up any other female who's entering 🍸this franchise into not ever feeling that weird weight or pressure of pl꧒aying a female lead."

Spaeny plays Rain Carradine, one of a group of 20-somethings desperate for life beyond the mining colony they call home, who jump at the chance to board a scavenging ship on course for an🍷 abandoned space station. Their mission is far from straightforward, though, when they come face to face(hugg🌺er) with a certain Xenomorph-shaped threat. 

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Spaeny did allow herself to channel her inner Ripley💖 for at least one scene: the Aliens-homaging moment glimpsed in the film's first trailer in which Rain steps off a cargo elevator while packing a proto-Pulse Rifle. "In a shot like that, you've got to lean in. You just go, 'OK. Get those l🍬eaf-blowers ready! I'm going to hit that mark as slow as I possibly can,'" Spaeny adds with a chuckle. "I don't feel that cool, but it definitely looks cool!"

Alien: Romulus is released in theaters on August 16. And yo💝u can read more about it and a whole lot else besides in the new issue of Total Film when it hits shelves and digital newsstands on Thursday, July 19.

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