Guy Pearce talk TED and Prometheus

a little interview from AICN Nordling: It’s kind of a big year for science fiction for you with this and PROMETHEUS. Can you talk a little about that TED video that you shot? I know you probably can’t go into the movie very much, but I thought that was a really fun way to kind of have fun with the fans of the ALIEN films, and also just have fun with people anticipating PROMETHEUS. How did that come about? GP: I’m not sure who’s idea it was originally, if it was Ridley’s [Scott] idea. I imagine it probably was, but they wanted to establish a sort of a back-story or some motivation for an audience to understand what Weyland’s MO is, and I guess it was all sort of rolled up with a more contemporary way to market a film, and get some sort of additional aspects to characters out there online. I’m not sure if the others are online yet, but there are some from other characters as well in the film. Nordling: Oh? Okay. GP:: Which I can’t give away yet if they are not out there obviously. Nordling: Right. GP: So you know, it’s a way of sort of having additions to what is there in the film just to add interest, and obviously this is a highly anticipated movie and for obvious reasons. I think the marketing folks and Ridley are really tapping into that, and I think it’s fantastic, because I think people are excited about the movie, and so to give them little tastes other than just a typical or normal trailer for the movie is kind of a fun way to do it, you know? Nordling: Yeah. I loved it. It was a lot of fun. I’m a huge ALIEN fan. It’s probably one of my top ten films of all time, so that’s really… GP: Yeah, I mean that’s a great film, isn’t it? Nordling: It’s great. Did I detect a little John Hurt in your voice there when you did the TED video? It sounds like you had a little gravely thing going. (Laughs) GP: Not on purpose. Not on purpose, no. (Laughs) Maybe, I have worked with John Hurt before, but it certainly wasn’t intentional, no. [Both Laugh]