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I think it was like four days we were working on that sequence and it was just me and no other actors and I was emotionally a mess. But I remember that I was lying there, in that med-pod, screaming and in so much pain and almost feverish and at the same time I kind of enjoyed it. Because working with Ridley, he’s so funny, and he came in and said, “You know, dude, I think your baby is kind of cute.” And I said, “Honestly!? Yeah!”

Noomi Rapace on shooting that ‘F*cked-Up’ ‘Prometheus’ scene (SPOILERS)

I saw “Alien” when I was thirteen and I was completely blown away by Sigourney’s character, Ripley. I remember that I had never seen anything like it. At that time, I was desperately looking for some kind of role model or people to look up to, and for me, what she did there was so stunning — she was so fearless and strong and sexy at the same time but not posing, not trying to be sexy. She was so modern and such a rebel. I was obsessed.

‘Prometheus’ star Noomi Rapace talks ‘Alien’