Across the Alien movies , there’s been a rich tradition of outstanding android performances. In Ridley Scott’s original , you had Ian Holm’s Ash; then Lance Henriksen’s Bishop in Aliens ; Michael Fassbender’s meddling in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant . So, since Elle Fanning’s character in Predator: Badlands , Thia, is confirmed to be a Weyland-Yutani synth, in a thrilling bit of crossover world-building, she had plenty to draw from.

But there was one synth performance that really stood out, a particularly recent one: David Jonsson ’s Andy, as seen in Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus last summer. “We went to see Alien: Romulus while we were shooting,” Fanning tells Empire . “[Jonsson] is such a great actor.” Across the film, Jonsson plays Andy

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