If two of Alien: Earth's most important new Synthetic characters seem familiar, there's a good reason for that. Androids have been a staple of the Alien franchise going back to the very beginning, and according to Alien: Earth stars Timothy Olyphant and Babou Ceesay, it's Ian Holm’s iconic science officer/sleeper agent Ash from Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece who looms largest over their new Synthetics.
"I've watched Ian Holm's performance many, many times over the years before this thing came up. I'm a huge fan of his work," Olyphant tells GamesRadar+, speaking exclusively at a press event in London. "Watching Ian Holm in those scenes, back behind everybody, just manipulating the conversation. It's riveting. So, yeah, never gets old."
