Is The Chestburster Victim Rik Barnett? UPDATED
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MemberPraetorianMarch 06, 201711667 Views21 Replies
UPDATE:
Scrap my whole whacky idea about Rik Barnett, BigDave was indeed correct. The screenshot shows one of Billy Crudup's stunt doubles, Toby Fuller. Below is the latest credit from his StuntBook Australia member profile. Apologies, and thanks for the replies everyone!
*gets coat, then shuffles slowly and red faced into the darkness* :)
Stunt Performer Credits
FF: Alien Covenant - (Additional Stunt Double(Billy Crudup)) - 2016
Hello SCIFIED! Just when you thought I had gone...
I had to post this as I think it may be of some interest.
Around May 2013 there were rumours circulating that Ridley Scott had met multiple times with young British actor Rik Barnett, to discuss him playing a key supporting role in the [then untitled] PROMETHEUS sequel. At the time SCIFIED received information regarding this from a "very reliable source."
The informant also stated that this role would be to portray someone connected to Dr. Elizabeth Shaw! Speculation was rife on the PROMETHEUS forum, but with no further news and the passage of time I think most of us either totally forgot about this rumour, or believed that Barnett's possible involvement was shelved.
Why do I bring this up now you wonder? Granted you may think it is a wild theory, but a little bolt of lightening flashed through my deranged brain when I studied the image of the guy who is being chestbusted in the latest trailer. What if he was one of the colonists already in cryosleep and emerges later in the story? Perhaps even a relative/younger brother of Dr. Shaw?
EDIT: Another screenshot of the CB victim...
The person in that scene has a slightly bulbous nose, and it doesn’t match up with any of the male actors we already know will make up the Covenant crew. Aside from that, the persons' features and hair really do not totally match any of those actors.
I propose that it could be Rik Barnett. Back in 2012-13 there were very few images available of Rik, check below for the images we became familiar with…
Contrast those images with the ones below and remember that Rik is now 26/27 years old…
What do you think?
"Let The Cosmic Incubation Begin" ~ H.R. Giger
And what do you think about Josh Duhamel?
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Lightened, rotated and sharpened version of the second screenshot...Crudup was wearing dark cargo trousers, this victim appears to be wearing lighter-tan cargo trousers.
No wedding ring visible on either screenshot. Crudup was definitely wearing a ring!
"Let The Cosmic Incubation Begin" ~ H.R. Giger
Welcome back Lone :)
Who knows... i guess it does look a bit different to Crudup
I have tried to get a few photos of Barnett at similar angles
so i let you all decide..
@ATI
Josh Duhamel does look close...
I guess its a case of is this a Stunt Double... or indeed as those released images suggest..
Was there another group who went down 48 hours before the Back Burster Event?
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