‘Alien: Romulus’ director confirms a character was inspired by ‘The Last Of Us Part II’

The 'Alien: Romulus' actor has since been cast in a prominent role for season two of 'The Last Of Us' Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez has confirmed that a character in the film was heavily inspired by Naughty Dog ‘s The Last Of Us Part II video game – find out more below. READ MORE: ‘Alien: Romulus’ review: chest-bursting reboot is as thrilling and scary as the original Álvarez, who also directed 2013’s Evil Dea d and the Don’t Breathe franchise, took to social media over the weekend to share that the character of Kay in Alien: Romulus – played by Isabela Merced – was partially inspired by The Last Of Us Part II ‘s Dina. In The Last Of Us Part II , Dina is pregnant, adding another layer of intensity and seriousness into the apocalyptic game’s setting.

This prompted Álvarez to decide that Kay should be pregnant as well. He wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Fun fact: I was playing The Last Of Us 2 while writing Alien: Romulus . The story of a pregnant Dina made me think of having the character of pregnant too.

Then I cast Isabela Merced to play Kay...

” Fun fact: I was playing #TheLastOfUs2 while writing #AlienRomulus The story of a pregnant Dina made me think of having the character of Kay be pregnant too. Then I cast Isabella Merced to play Kay..

.. A year later she gets cast to play Dina on the HBO show.

...

True story. https://t.co/fABV9L1x1I pic.

twitter.com/prDV6bHTYf — Fede Alvarez (@fedalvar) August 24, 2024 However, the casting would turn.