August 13, 2025 • 20 mins
Chatting with the stars of FX's Alien: Earth about their new series, the Alien franchise and what movies terrified them the most.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Wake up?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Did you time to go to work?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
All right? Can we talk about it?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Get it?
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Wake up?
Speaker 1 (00:09):
I get it?
Speaker 4 (00:09):
That get it, that goal with everyone's saying that up next,
it's not my fault the.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Focus of goals that making that hit it so that
my neighbor is a movie the way that that role they.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Say in The People. Baby, you know, I'm making everybody
upset because we the best that we get and I know.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
We gonna get bread. We gonna get bread, gonna get bread, bread,
we gonna get bread.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
What's more on? Everybody?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Is you boy? Juju Green aka straw had goofy your
movie guy. And I'm sitting here with the stars of
FX's Alien Earth. We got Sidney Challoner and Babu say,
how are we doing? Yeah, I'm having a great time
right now. I'm really excited to talk to you about
the show because I watched part of the first episode
and it's seriously it's the bomb, like it is the bomb,
Like there's a shot in that like first like what
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five minutes that looks exactly like the Night teens seventy
nine Alien film where they're all having like dinner or
breakfast or whatever with each other and I'm like, how
did they accomplish this? And like the modern like modern
time technology, it's incredible. And then you do some deep dives,
you find outs like set two years prior to that
original film. So now I'm just like the war drops
is like absolutely insane. I usually start my show because
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you know, me being the movie guy, I start my
show with like a deep question.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
About like what movies you love.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
But I think what's appropriate is that we should talk
about what got you into the Alien franchise, Like what
was your experience for the first time seeing Alien?
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
For me, I was very young, and we've been talking
about probably too young.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, that's a common thing when it comes to.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Yes, because the Xenomorph was quite literally a part of
my nightmares. Yeah, night terrors as a kid, and it
was like, you know, that alien right there, And so
that was my initial you know, entry point into into
the films. And then later, as you know, I grew up,
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I started watching them over and over because I started
to see them from a different perspective, not just absolutely terrifying,
but the the way that film feels so raw and
there's so much breath and space and tension and reality,
and like when doors open, they make sounds, you know,
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it's like there's rust and like so much organic elements
to it, even though you're in space. That's just that's
so hard to accomplish. It's so incredibly well done in
such a simplistic streamline form. So that movie is just
it's fascinating. Every time you watch it, you catch something new.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I think, like with that first movie, exactly what you're
talking about. Like, I'm a big fan of Like one
of my favorite horror movies of all time is The Shining.
It's like when I was younger, I didn't quite get
it at first, but then as I got older, I
was like, no, it's the isolation that's so terrifying in it.
And it's the same thing. You hear things very heightened,
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like when doors open, the kid riding his bike like trycycle,
the sound of the wheels, all the thing, and.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
It just it just puts this pit in your stomach.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
You start to shake a little bit because it just
feels that much more visceral and for alien. You take
this in like a futuristic sense of sci fi sense,
a place that ninety percent of the population is not
going to go onto a spaceship like.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
All the way out.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Millions and you know it's Katy Perry and all they
that's the other ten percent. But like you know, you
put it in this space, and that's what makes it
feel more real, more tactile, more lived there because it
feels like, oh, they're isolated. They're in this kind of
tube in the middle of space, and that's where the
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iconic tagline is. In space, no one can hear you scream.
It's like something happens out there. You're done, you know
what I'm saying. So I think that right there, for
me is what drew me into to it. And the
same as you like, the scene that's in My Nightmare
is constantly like every now and then it will pop
back up, is what Homeboys in the Ducks. And then
you see the zo morph just reach out, man, and
you're like, it's like, it's obviously a monster, it's obviously
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something you've never seen before. But the fact that it
had like humanoid hands reaching out and that's all you see.
You're just like, oh Jesus Christ, what is that? Like
I would pass away just like.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
You got me.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
You ain't even got to do that thing like eggs,
I'm gonna be dead I'm yours, babla. I'm very curious, man, Like,
what was the first time you saw I mean, I
was in uh Togo. I grew up in Togo and
West Africa, and I just watched it. I watched it alone.
I watched it at the wrong time. I was nine
and a.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Very bad But then, you know, you think you're smarter
than everybody else, so you want to do this thing
that no one else is doing. And then that chest
burst the moment is the one that sticks all my
you know, because it was just the simplest it is.
You say, I love that scene and the way it's
playing out. It feels very real. I love the word
organic he used earlier. And then suddenly he's not feeling
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so good, and it's just And also I think we
talked earlier about the possibility that this was the first
time that the rest of the cost also saw it.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Yes, so it wasn't just that.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
It also felt very real and so my little kid
brain is doing no. You know, it was years before
I saw the second one, right, you know, and then
after that well just yeah, yeah, you know, it's so
funny because that the best thing about scares like that
is that it kind of addresses like an innate fear
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that we have of just like regular things.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
And the thing of that that every time I start
to get a little cough or like a little like
feeling in my chest, you know it, you can't stop.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
It splits like, yo, did it get me?
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Like it's over?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
It's over?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Right?
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Is it has to be? Like it's never the most
logical thing.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
That's the interesting thing about fear because that's what this
show looks at as well, and how it plays on
your mind.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
So it's fantastic. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
And like what I find very interesting from the first
Alien and then Aliens is that Alien is very clearly
a sci fi horror movie, but then Aliens takes it
to a sci fi action realm. And I just love
that this franchise is able to morph in shape into
something completely different depending on which movie that you watch. Right,
the first two Aliens like very much tackle the theme
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of motherhood between like Ripley and the Queen, and you know,
all these things are attachment to newt and stuff like that.
But then you watch Alien rom Lis, which we got
last year, and whoa you know what I'm saying, which
is I thought it was amazing gosh, I stood up.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
And down because I was like, I'm in a movie theater.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
I was like, and the thing that got me the
most I watched that movie in forty X is well
I don't know if you guys have tried, but that
thing is that you know, they moving the seats and everything,
like it's the.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Whole night, So every starting and it's like tilting, like
the seats doing the same thing, and so you're kind
of feeling everything and it's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
But then like they have the option to turn off
the wetness filter, I guess because so basically they have
like little sprays where they spray you with water if
there was like water in the scene, right.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And so I'm watching this movie. This is so you
can go to like a bunch of theaters to see this.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
I went to one in Anaheim, and like, AMC has
them this all the time, Regal, I think, has it.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
We will see this, you know, honestly.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Like after after Alien Robins, I think they should do
this for Alien Er because it kind of creates another
dimension to like watching the would imagine like a xenomorphous
kind of like lurking hiding and everything, and you know
there's always a scene where like that drippy drip.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Exactly, I got drippy dripped, like bro.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
It was the most like like like take you out
like this, So it was a mind do you have
the option to like turn it off? They let you know,
so like I was like, no, I want the full experience.
So it just added like a new level of fear
to me, of course. But one theme that I really
want to get into, because you know, from Alien Romulus
and then to Alien Earth, especially when I was watching,
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is like there's a level of a theme of prejudice
that happens in this as well, where it has like you,
the humans versus like the synesthetics and the cyborgs. There's
like a little bit of tension that happens, especially with
like David Johnson, who's like phenomenal in Alien Romia. Right,
there's like a lot of tension as to what he is.
And there's a moment with you, Babu where like you're
kind of like, you know, you being the man of
the ship, You're saying, what's what if someone says easy
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for you to say cyborg?
Speaker 2 (08:38):
I was like, Yo, why do we say cyborg with
a heart arm.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
Like that?
Speaker 1 (08:46):
And so I love it when films are able to
tackle those themes. And I just wanted to say, like,
I just want to ask from your perspective as actors,
do you see that when it's written on the screen,
and like, how do you bring that to life in
your performances?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
I mean a lot of.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Drama is about conflict, you know, and those are very
personal conflicts, if you see what.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
I mean personal.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
Yeah, so if someone's you know, and the thing with
Morrow is I had to be aware of how he
was perceived because having this cyborg enhancement does give him
an edge, right of course, and that edge you know,
we're competitive species. People are gonna watch you and go okay,
So does this mean that if we got into a scuffle,
you have an advantage with me?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Exact right, Yeah, so it does make sense.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
But again, if we don't have those conflicts in it,
and even at the level of us, you say, what prejudice, Yes,
then you know the stakes aren't high enough.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Exactly, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
I think that's a good base level for like those
type of things exactly. Another thing that I wanted to
get again this was like I watched like the first
thirty five minutes and there's just so many things packed
into it that I was just loving so much, specifically
with you and your character Windy. And I love that
her character's name is Wendy because there's this element of,
you know, she's a child going into a synthetics body
and then she becomes something else entirely. And I love
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how she's watching Peter Pan and it's almost like the
symbolize of like Peter Pan is taking her away and
like she's recruiting these like lost boys into it, and
like I want you, like I want you to give
me like your perspective on that, because the way I
like kind of took it was that, you know, when
it comes to evolution, it's almost like we always have
to give up something to become something more. And your
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character is giving up childhood in order to become something
more and then robbing other children of that, which is
what Peter Pan does, right, saying like, hey, you never
want to grow up become Ruffians the pirates with me
like come along. But at the end of the day,
they're kids. They just want their parents and they just
want to be kids. Like you give me your perspective
on like bringing you Well.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
It was interesting when I first found out. You know,
Noah was bringing in this this Peter Pan esque element.
I was like, huh, how how does this work?
Speaker 1 (10:48):
You know?
Speaker 3 (10:49):
And then I saw what he created. And I don't
know if you've ever read Peter Pan, I've read pieces
of it.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
I hear it's messed up.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
It's very dark, and there.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Are some that Oh yeah, I knew it was messed
up because I was like a big fan of the
Once upon a Time TV show on ABC, yah, and
Peter Pan's a villain in that, and like I was like, okay,
so that made me kind of do a deep dive
into like what Peter Pann is really like Yeah, and
it is.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Not the nicest. He's not the nicest.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
I mean ready, he's not the nicest in the cartoon either,
but like in the actual written text of where he
was created, I'm like, this kid's kind of left up, like.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Exactly, no, I think, and that that was this really wonderful.
Noah has just such a great way of being able
to take Peter Pan an alien and find these threads
of connection that just open up the world that much more.
And so I what I also loved about it too
is you know, Wendy, she is part of you know,
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the Lost Boys, but there's an isolation to her. She
is the first, she's a little different, she's she's almost
feels a little older kind of you know, just separated, right,
and you know Peter Pan with Wendy and all of
that as well, there's a separation there, in a certain
loneliness there. So I think it ties. It was only
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after I watched it, because I've been able to watch
them all now where I really saw the power of
bringing that in because yeah, at the beginning, I was like,
we what.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
You know?
Speaker 3 (12:21):
And then I'm like, you know what, I trust noahs,
ye see, and gosh, it really it really works.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
It really empowers the story.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Yeah, I mean when I, like, you know, seeing the trailers,
like I knew that there was someone who was put
into a synthetic, I did not know it was a child.
And I said, this adds a whole new dimension to
the story. And you know, I feel like children in
the Alien franchise are so prevalent in a weird way, right,
Like you we talk about newt in Aliens, right, And
how Ripley attaches herself to her and again it goes
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back to the themes of like motherhood and things of
that story. And I love how Wendy has kind of
like a mother and father, but they're talking to her
as if she's a thing, when they like, you're the
one who put her sub conscious in the.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
State, don't call her a thing. How you gonna do
that to me?
Speaker 5 (13:02):
Bro?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
So, Like, I just love all.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
The things that are like like happening in this Another
thing I want to get into is that this is
the first piece of alien lore that's put into a
TV show amongst the whole franchise is the first TV
series and a lot of people are used to just
kind of like the one off stories in the franchise.
You're in, you're out, you get this really cool thing,
but now we get like a full what.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
How many episodes is in this season?
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Like eight eight hours of alien lore, like you know,
set before the original film. That sounds inherently exciting, but
obviously there will be some fans will be like, well,
this is different. I don't know how to take this,
like from actors perspectives, like how would you justify making
something that people are used to being in like a
two hour span and to eight hour.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
Show the show the universe of it, I think needs it.
The Alien franchise is owned by the fans. Is such
a huge idea. Yes, so, and you have someone like
Noah who knows how to deal with subject matter of
this scale, you know, having the opportunity to bring in
Pizza pan. But not only that, we've got these new species,
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We've got so many more things. I just think it
it was begging for something like this that happened.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, you know, it'sanded.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
It's so funny because you know, I feel like we're
in a bit of a renaissance when it comes to
aliens and comes to predators, right. I don't know if
you guys have seen like what Daniel, what Dan Trachenberg
is doing with the Predator franchise where he came out
with Prey, which was fantastic, fantastic and I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
So have you watched his animated movie, his animated Predator movie.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
No, I haven't.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Since we're on FX and Hulu here, I think we
could talk about this just a little bit, especially since
it's kind of in the same universe, right, like a Predator.
There's one called Predator Killer of killers, and what Dan
Tratchbird digs it's an animated film where it's set in
three different time periods where Predator drops into feudal Japan
to fight a samurai, and then he also drops into
the Viking era to fight a Viking, and then he
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also drops into World.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
War II era to fight what we're two past predator
killer killers. And it's incredible.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
It's literally like three separate stories about how a different
predator drops in at a different time and the way
he opens up the lore of predators, he lets you,
He allows you to like see how they think, how
they operate.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
You go to the home world for a little bit.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
There's a lot of great stuff that is happening with it,
and it kind of preps you for bad Lands because
this is like the.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
First protagonist predator that we've gotten.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
And so you know with Alien Romulus an Alien IRF
also coming out, and like you know, you have these
like predator things going. We've already had an alien versus
predator movie happened before. Yeah, and you always kind of
see little easter eggs to each one.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Kind of like bump up against each other.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
I want like another alien versus Predator once, like there
at the height of their powers. Like filmore a series
would you like, oh, you know, I think a series though,
I think I think a series, like I don't know
list and I don't know how it will work because
obviously we've gotten two before that. But I think with
like both floors being opened up so exponentially, indeed, I'm
like chomping at the bit to be like want to
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see them come back again, back again. Would you be
open to like being a part of like that kind
of like legacy of like Alien and Predators, like you
know what I.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
Mean, if it went that way. Yeah, I that movie
Prey just have to say as well, is so phenomenos,
Like I really was kind of I watched that after
I got this role.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
I watched it twice in a row.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
You got Rainy Afternoon because her performance is just so steadfast,
Oh my god, yeah, so solid, and I was like.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Okay, you know, yeah, we're gonna jump. It's a great Yeah.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
You know.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
I've always like Predator is one of my favorite movies
of all times, one of my.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
Favorite action movies of all time. And I quote here
all the time. I quote it all the time to.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
The one that always gets me is when he's like,
hey man, you're hit, You're bleeding, I got time to bleed.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
I quote that one all the time.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
And the way I always describe to people, especially the
people who somehow haven't watched it, is imagine watching if
you watch, like what are you doing?
Speaker 2 (17:02):
What's you're deal?
Speaker 1 (17:03):
And I say, like, imagine Friday the thirteenth, except for
instead of like teenagers getting like oft, it's the most
macho of macho men ever.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Good you know what I'm saying, Like, how many have
you Jon? Jasons? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (17:18):
You got the most muscle bound dudes in the middle
of forest with yeah goods machetes.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
I heard it being a prequel to Jason.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
Yeah. I think it's gonna be a TV show as well,
So like I can't wait for that.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Yeah yeah, but yeah, like so those are the movies.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
It's Alien, It's Predator, It's Jason, it's those times. Those
are the things that really got under yeah, mice skin,
you know watching those movies?
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Oh really?
Speaker 3 (17:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Oh my god?
Speaker 1 (17:41):
See told you indeed. Okay, so maybe we can get
into this. What are some of the most terrifying movies
that you've ever watched? Because I Shining, like I said,
was one of them. But yeah, Friday No Nightmare on
Elm Street two was the one that like really got me.
Like I remember flipping the channels back when like you
have to like literally click the little box and as
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a shot, I remember hitting it and seeing like like
Freddy coming out of somebody's body, and I said nope,
And I got really curious and went back and I saw,
like in full force.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
I said, nope, nope, no.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Yeah, what it like really quickly because I know we're
running out of time. What are some of your most
terrifying movies you've ever seen?
Speaker 2 (18:18):
The Grudge?
Speaker 5 (18:19):
Yeah, that movie alone, because I thought I was cool
and I was like I can do this, and then
I'm also just stubborn, So halfway through Terrified, I'm like, nope, I'm.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Going Mine was Ringle Ringo. I didn't wait, wait the
ring ring You watch the Japanese once News one.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Yeah, and my lap Partner was the one Life. I
found this movie. We should watch it, Nah, brol Partner,
I just dropped that in there. You're just gonna drop
this on.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Me, you know.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Yeah, it was awful.
Speaker 4 (18:51):
I have to sleep with the light on for a week,
No too much, move the TV out of the bed.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
That's what you have to do with that that.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
It was absolutely the same. All right, we only have
a minute and thirty left. I just want to say, like,
it's been a pleasure talking to you. And I know
a lot of people are going to be introduced to
the Alien franchise through this TV show and start watching
it like the whole thing. What would you say to
like a fan who isn't initiated into the fandom that
is Alien, go.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
Watch the original?
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Please watch our show and then go watch.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
The original because that is such a you know, a
beautiful part of this is it's it will it will
bring in a different generation to go. Maybe I should
go watch the original films again and it opens up
the world and just like ignites this excitement again.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
That should just live forever.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Indeed.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna say it again, if you haven't
watched Alien, what are you doing with your It's like
one of those I feel like it's one of those
must see movies that everyone should do.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
And hopefully this show brings, as you say.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
A whole generation.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Yeah, I think it is. Man effects is killing it right, No,
killing it right now?
Speaker 1 (19:54):
And again at first shot, I'm like, we're gonna give
you more, give you more, but Thank.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
You so much for your time. Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Yeah, it's really really nice to meet you.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Thank you, and thank you so much for watching Get
Reck with Stray Goofy. Make sure you guys check out
The Alien AFFX, This Alien Earth
Speaker 2 (20:11):
And can I be your movie guy.
Wake up?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Did you time to go to work?
Speaker 1 (00:04):
All right? Can we talk about it?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Get it?
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Wake up?
Speaker 1 (00:09):
I get it?
Speaker 4 (00:09):
That get it, that goal with everyone's saying that up next,
it's not my fault the.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Focus of goals that making that hit it so that
my neighbor is a movie the way that that role they.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Say in The People. Baby, you know, I'm making everybody
upset because we the best that we get and I know.
Speaker 4 (00:23):
We gonna get bread. We gonna get bread, gonna get bread, bread,
we gonna get bread.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
What's more on? Everybody?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Is you boy? Juju Green aka straw had goofy your
movie guy. And I'm sitting here with the stars of
FX's Alien Earth. We got Sidney Challoner and Babu say,
how are we doing? Yeah, I'm having a great time
right now. I'm really excited to talk to you about
the show because I watched part of the first episode
and it's seriously it's the bomb, like it is the bomb,
Like there's a shot in that like first like what
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five minutes that looks exactly like the Night teens seventy
nine Alien film where they're all having like dinner or
breakfast or whatever with each other and I'm like, how
did they accomplish this? And like the modern like modern
time technology, it's incredible. And then you do some deep dives,
you find outs like set two years prior to that
original film. So now I'm just like the war drops
is like absolutely insane. I usually start my show because
(01:19):
you know, me being the movie guy, I start my
show with like a deep question.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
About like what movies you love.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
But I think what's appropriate is that we should talk
about what got you into the Alien franchise, Like what
was your experience for the first time seeing Alien?
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
For me, I was very young, and we've been talking
about probably too young.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, that's a common thing when it comes to.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Yes, because the Xenomorph was quite literally a part of
my nightmares. Yeah, night terrors as a kid, and it
was like, you know, that alien right there, And so
that was my initial you know, entry point into into
the films. And then later, as you know, I grew up,
(02:02):
I started watching them over and over because I started
to see them from a different perspective, not just absolutely terrifying,
but the the way that film feels so raw and
there's so much breath and space and tension and reality,
and like when doors open, they make sounds, you know,
(02:24):
it's like there's rust and like so much organic elements
to it, even though you're in space. That's just that's
so hard to accomplish. It's so incredibly well done in
such a simplistic streamline form. So that movie is just
it's fascinating. Every time you watch it, you catch something new.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I think, like with that first movie, exactly what you're
talking about. Like, I'm a big fan of Like one
of my favorite horror movies of all time is The Shining.
It's like when I was younger, I didn't quite get
it at first, but then as I got older, I
was like, no, it's the isolation that's so terrifying in it.
And it's the same thing. You hear things very heightened,
(03:08):
like when doors open, the kid riding his bike like trycycle,
the sound of the wheels, all the thing, and.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
It just it just puts this pit in your stomach.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
You start to shake a little bit because it just
feels that much more visceral and for alien. You take
this in like a futuristic sense of sci fi sense,
a place that ninety percent of the population is not
going to go onto a spaceship like.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
All the way out.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Millions and you know it's Katy Perry and all they
that's the other ten percent. But like you know, you
put it in this space, and that's what makes it
feel more real, more tactile, more lived there because it
feels like, oh, they're isolated. They're in this kind of
tube in the middle of space, and that's where the
(03:51):
iconic tagline is. In space, no one can hear you scream.
It's like something happens out there. You're done, you know
what I'm saying. So I think that right there, for
me is what drew me into to it. And the
same as you like, the scene that's in My Nightmare
is constantly like every now and then it will pop
back up, is what Homeboys in the Ducks. And then
you see the zo morph just reach out, man, and
you're like, it's like, it's obviously a monster, it's obviously
(04:14):
something you've never seen before. But the fact that it
had like humanoid hands reaching out and that's all you see.
You're just like, oh Jesus Christ, what is that? Like
I would pass away just like.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
You got me.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
You ain't even got to do that thing like eggs,
I'm gonna be dead I'm yours, babla. I'm very curious, man, Like,
what was the first time you saw I mean, I
was in uh Togo. I grew up in Togo and
West Africa, and I just watched it. I watched it alone.
I watched it at the wrong time. I was nine
and a.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Very bad But then, you know, you think you're smarter
than everybody else, so you want to do this thing
that no one else is doing. And then that chest
burst the moment is the one that sticks all my
you know, because it was just the simplest it is.
You say, I love that scene and the way it's
playing out. It feels very real. I love the word
organic he used earlier. And then suddenly he's not feeling
(05:09):
so good, and it's just And also I think we
talked earlier about the possibility that this was the first
time that the rest of the cost also saw it.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Yes, so it wasn't just that.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
It also felt very real and so my little kid
brain is doing no. You know, it was years before
I saw the second one, right, you know, and then
after that well just yeah, yeah, you know, it's so
funny because that the best thing about scares like that
is that it kind of addresses like an innate fear
(05:40):
that we have of just like regular things.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
And the thing of that that every time I start
to get a little cough or like a little like
feeling in my chest, you know it, you can't stop.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
It splits like, yo, did it get me?
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Like it's over?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
It's over?
Speaker 3 (05:58):
Right?
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Is it has to be? Like it's never the most
logical thing.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
That's the interesting thing about fear because that's what this
show looks at as well, and how it plays on
your mind.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
So it's fantastic. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
And like what I find very interesting from the first
Alien and then Aliens is that Alien is very clearly
a sci fi horror movie, but then Aliens takes it
to a sci fi action realm. And I just love
that this franchise is able to morph in shape into
something completely different depending on which movie that you watch. Right,
the first two Aliens like very much tackle the theme
(06:32):
of motherhood between like Ripley and the Queen, and you know,
all these things are attachment to newt and stuff like that.
But then you watch Alien rom Lis, which we got
last year, and whoa you know what I'm saying, which
is I thought it was amazing gosh, I stood up.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
And down because I was like, I'm in a movie theater.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
I was like, and the thing that got me the
most I watched that movie in forty X is well
I don't know if you guys have tried, but that
thing is that you know, they moving the seats and everything,
like it's the.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Whole night, So every starting and it's like tilting, like
the seats doing the same thing, and so you're kind
of feeling everything and it's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
But then like they have the option to turn off
the wetness filter, I guess because so basically they have
like little sprays where they spray you with water if
there was like water in the scene, right.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And so I'm watching this movie. This is so you
can go to like a bunch of theaters to see this.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
I went to one in Anaheim, and like, AMC has
them this all the time, Regal, I think, has it.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
We will see this, you know, honestly.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Like after after Alien Robins, I think they should do
this for Alien Er because it kind of creates another
dimension to like watching the would imagine like a xenomorphous
kind of like lurking hiding and everything, and you know
there's always a scene where like that drippy drip.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Exactly, I got drippy dripped, like bro.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
It was the most like like like take you out
like this, So it was a mind do you have
the option to like turn it off? They let you know,
so like I was like, no, I want the full experience.
So it just added like a new level of fear
to me, of course. But one theme that I really
want to get into, because you know, from Alien Romulus
and then to Alien Earth, especially when I was watching,
(08:14):
is like there's a level of a theme of prejudice
that happens in this as well, where it has like you,
the humans versus like the synesthetics and the cyborgs. There's
like a little bit of tension that happens, especially with
like David Johnson, who's like phenomenal in Alien Romia. Right,
there's like a lot of tension as to what he is.
And there's a moment with you, Babu where like you're
kind of like, you know, you being the man of
the ship, You're saying, what's what if someone says easy
(08:37):
for you to say cyborg?
Speaker 2 (08:38):
I was like, Yo, why do we say cyborg with
a heart arm.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
Like that?
Speaker 1 (08:46):
And so I love it when films are able to
tackle those themes. And I just wanted to say, like,
I just want to ask from your perspective as actors,
do you see that when it's written on the screen,
and like, how do you bring that to life in
your performances?
Speaker 2 (08:58):
I mean a lot of.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Drama is about conflict, you know, and those are very
personal conflicts, if you see what.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
I mean personal.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
Yeah, so if someone's you know, and the thing with
Morrow is I had to be aware of how he
was perceived because having this cyborg enhancement does give him
an edge, right of course, and that edge you know,
we're competitive species. People are gonna watch you and go okay,
So does this mean that if we got into a scuffle,
you have an advantage with me?
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Exact right, Yeah, so it does make sense.
Speaker 4 (09:27):
But again, if we don't have those conflicts in it,
and even at the level of us, you say, what prejudice, Yes,
then you know the stakes aren't high enough.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Exactly, Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
I think that's a good base level for like those
type of things exactly. Another thing that I wanted to
get again this was like I watched like the first
thirty five minutes and there's just so many things packed
into it that I was just loving so much, specifically
with you and your character Windy. And I love that
her character's name is Wendy because there's this element of,
you know, she's a child going into a synthetics body
and then she becomes something else entirely. And I love
(10:00):
how she's watching Peter Pan and it's almost like the
symbolize of like Peter Pan is taking her away and
like she's recruiting these like lost boys into it, and
like I want you, like I want you to give
me like your perspective on that, because the way I
like kind of took it was that, you know, when
it comes to evolution, it's almost like we always have
to give up something to become something more. And your
(10:20):
character is giving up childhood in order to become something
more and then robbing other children of that, which is
what Peter Pan does, right, saying like, hey, you never
want to grow up become Ruffians the pirates with me
like come along. But at the end of the day,
they're kids. They just want their parents and they just
want to be kids. Like you give me your perspective
on like bringing you Well.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
It was interesting when I first found out. You know,
Noah was bringing in this this Peter Pan esque element.
I was like, huh, how how does this work?
Speaker 1 (10:48):
You know?
Speaker 3 (10:49):
And then I saw what he created. And I don't
know if you've ever read Peter Pan, I've read pieces
of it.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
I hear it's messed up.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
It's very dark, and there.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
Are some that Oh yeah, I knew it was messed
up because I was like a big fan of the
Once upon a Time TV show on ABC, yah, and
Peter Pan's a villain in that, and like I was like, okay,
so that made me kind of do a deep dive
into like what Peter Pann is really like Yeah, and
it is.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
Not the nicest. He's not the nicest.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
I mean ready, he's not the nicest in the cartoon either,
but like in the actual written text of where he
was created, I'm like, this kid's kind of left up, like.
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Exactly, no, I think, and that that was this really wonderful.
Noah has just such a great way of being able
to take Peter Pan an alien and find these threads
of connection that just open up the world that much more.
And so I what I also loved about it too
is you know, Wendy, she is part of you know,
(11:45):
the Lost Boys, but there's an isolation to her. She
is the first, she's a little different, she's she's almost
feels a little older kind of you know, just separated, right,
and you know Peter Pan with Wendy and all of
that as well, there's a separation there, in a certain
loneliness there. So I think it ties. It was only
(12:09):
after I watched it, because I've been able to watch
them all now where I really saw the power of
bringing that in because yeah, at the beginning, I was like,
we what.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
You know?
Speaker 3 (12:21):
And then I'm like, you know what, I trust noahs,
ye see, and gosh, it really it really works.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
It really empowers the story.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Yeah, I mean when I, like, you know, seeing the trailers,
like I knew that there was someone who was put
into a synthetic, I did not know it was a child.
And I said, this adds a whole new dimension to
the story. And you know, I feel like children in
the Alien franchise are so prevalent in a weird way, right,
Like you we talk about newt in Aliens, right, And
how Ripley attaches herself to her and again it goes
(12:48):
back to the themes of like motherhood and things of
that story. And I love how Wendy has kind of
like a mother and father, but they're talking to her
as if she's a thing, when they like, you're the
one who put her sub conscious in the.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
State, don't call her a thing. How you gonna do
that to me?
Speaker 5 (13:02):
Bro?
Speaker 2 (13:02):
So, Like, I just love all.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
The things that are like like happening in this Another
thing I want to get into is that this is
the first piece of alien lore that's put into a
TV show amongst the whole franchise is the first TV
series and a lot of people are used to just
kind of like the one off stories in the franchise.
You're in, you're out, you get this really cool thing,
but now we get like a full what.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
How many episodes is in this season?
Speaker 1 (13:25):
Like eight eight hours of alien lore, like you know,
set before the original film. That sounds inherently exciting, but
obviously there will be some fans will be like, well,
this is different. I don't know how to take this,
like from actors perspectives, like how would you justify making
something that people are used to being in like a
two hour span and to eight hour.
Speaker 4 (13:43):
Show the show the universe of it, I think needs it.
The Alien franchise is owned by the fans. Is such
a huge idea. Yes, so, and you have someone like
Noah who knows how to deal with subject matter of
this scale, you know, having the opportunity to bring in
Pizza pan. But not only that, we've got these new species,
(14:05):
We've got so many more things. I just think it
it was begging for something like this that happened.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, you know, it'sanded.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
It's so funny because you know, I feel like we're
in a bit of a renaissance when it comes to
aliens and comes to predators, right. I don't know if
you guys have seen like what Daniel, what Dan Trachenberg
is doing with the Predator franchise where he came out
with Prey, which was fantastic, fantastic and I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
So have you watched his animated movie, his animated Predator movie.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
No, I haven't.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Since we're on FX and Hulu here, I think we
could talk about this just a little bit, especially since
it's kind of in the same universe, right, like a Predator.
There's one called Predator Killer of killers, and what Dan
Tratchbird digs it's an animated film where it's set in
three different time periods where Predator drops into feudal Japan
to fight a samurai, and then he also drops into
the Viking era to fight a Viking, and then he
(14:58):
also drops into World.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
War II era to fight what we're two past predator
killer killers. And it's incredible.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
It's literally like three separate stories about how a different
predator drops in at a different time and the way
he opens up the lore of predators, he lets you,
He allows you to like see how they think, how
they operate.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
You go to the home world for a little bit.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
There's a lot of great stuff that is happening with it,
and it kind of preps you for bad Lands because
this is like the.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
First protagonist predator that we've gotten.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
And so you know with Alien Romulus an Alien IRF
also coming out, and like you know, you have these
like predator things going. We've already had an alien versus
predator movie happened before. Yeah, and you always kind of
see little easter eggs to each one.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Kind of like bump up against each other.
Speaker 1 (15:39):
I want like another alien versus Predator once, like there
at the height of their powers. Like filmore a series
would you like, oh, you know, I think a series though,
I think I think a series, like I don't know
list and I don't know how it will work because
obviously we've gotten two before that. But I think with
like both floors being opened up so exponentially, indeed, I'm
like chomping at the bit to be like want to
(16:00):
see them come back again, back again. Would you be
open to like being a part of like that kind
of like legacy of like Alien and Predators, like you
know what I.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
Mean, if it went that way. Yeah, I that movie
Prey just have to say as well, is so phenomenos,
Like I really was kind of I watched that after
I got this role.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
I watched it twice in a row.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
You got Rainy Afternoon because her performance is just so steadfast,
Oh my god, yeah, so solid, and I was like.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Okay, you know, yeah, we're gonna jump. It's a great Yeah.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
You know.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
I've always like Predator is one of my favorite movies
of all times, one of my.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
Favorite action movies of all time. And I quote here
all the time. I quote it all the time to.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
The one that always gets me is when he's like,
hey man, you're hit, You're bleeding, I got time to bleed.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
I quote that one all the time.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
And the way I always describe to people, especially the
people who somehow haven't watched it, is imagine watching if
you watch, like what are you doing?
Speaker 2 (17:02):
What's you're deal?
Speaker 1 (17:03):
And I say, like, imagine Friday the thirteenth, except for
instead of like teenagers getting like oft, it's the most
macho of macho men ever.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Good you know what I'm saying, Like, how many have
you Jon? Jasons? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (17:18):
You got the most muscle bound dudes in the middle
of forest with yeah goods machetes.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
I heard it being a prequel to Jason.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
Yeah. I think it's gonna be a TV show as well,
So like I can't wait for that.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Yeah yeah, but yeah, like so those are the movies.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
It's Alien, It's Predator, It's Jason, it's those times. Those
are the things that really got under yeah, mice skin,
you know watching those movies?
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Oh really?
Speaker 3 (17:40):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Oh my god?
Speaker 1 (17:41):
See told you indeed. Okay, so maybe we can get
into this. What are some of the most terrifying movies
that you've ever watched? Because I Shining, like I said,
was one of them. But yeah, Friday No Nightmare on
Elm Street two was the one that like really got me.
Like I remember flipping the channels back when like you
have to like literally click the little box and as
(18:02):
a shot, I remember hitting it and seeing like like
Freddy coming out of somebody's body, and I said nope,
And I got really curious and went back and I saw,
like in full force.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
I said, nope, nope, no.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Yeah, what it like really quickly because I know we're
running out of time. What are some of your most
terrifying movies you've ever seen?
Speaker 2 (18:18):
The Grudge?
Speaker 5 (18:19):
Yeah, that movie alone, because I thought I was cool
and I was like I can do this, and then
I'm also just stubborn, So halfway through Terrified, I'm like, nope, I'm.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Going Mine was Ringle Ringo. I didn't wait, wait the
ring ring You watch the Japanese once News one.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Yeah, and my lap Partner was the one Life. I
found this movie. We should watch it, Nah, brol Partner,
I just dropped that in there. You're just gonna drop
this on.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Me, you know.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Yeah, it was awful.
Speaker 4 (18:51):
I have to sleep with the light on for a week,
No too much, move the TV out of the bed.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
That's what you have to do with that that.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
It was absolutely the same. All right, we only have
a minute and thirty left. I just want to say, like,
it's been a pleasure talking to you. And I know
a lot of people are going to be introduced to
the Alien franchise through this TV show and start watching
it like the whole thing. What would you say to
like a fan who isn't initiated into the fandom that
is Alien, go.
Speaker 3 (19:17):
Watch the original?
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Please watch our show and then go watch.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
The original because that is such a you know, a
beautiful part of this is it's it will it will
bring in a different generation to go. Maybe I should
go watch the original films again and it opens up
the world and just like ignites this excitement again.
Speaker 2 (19:36):
That should just live forever.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
Indeed.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna say it again, if you haven't
watched Alien, what are you doing with your It's like
one of those I feel like it's one of those
must see movies that everyone should do.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
And hopefully this show brings, as you say.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
A whole generation.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Yeah, I think it is. Man effects is killing it right, No,
killing it right now?
Speaker 1 (19:54):
And again at first shot, I'm like, we're gonna give
you more, give you more, but Thank.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
You so much for your time. Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
Yeah, it's really really nice to meet you.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Thank you, and thank you so much for watching Get
Reck with Stray Goofy. Make sure you guys check out
The Alien AFFX, This Alien Earth
Speaker 2 (20:11):
And can I be your movie guy.
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