Katherine Waterston had an unlikely response to rumours that she's playing Ripley's mother in Alien: Covenant.
It was reported last June that her character Daniels is related to Sigourney Weaver's iconic hero, something that director Ridley Scott firmly denied earlier this year at the SXSW film festival.
And if you think Waterston is going to shed any light on it, think again, as in an interview with SFX magazine, she referenced classic Brit sitcom Fawlty Towers of all things.
"There's this episode of Fawlty Towers where John Cleese tells Manuel he has to lie about something. 'Whenever anyone asks you, you say, 'I know nothing'.' So that's what plays on my mind whenever people ask me these spoiler questions," she joked.
Well, it's not exactly Waterston denying that Daniels is Ripley's mother…
The timelines would just about fit given that Alien: Covenant is set in 2014, ten years around Prometheus, and the original Alien takes place in 2122, so there could well be some reference to 'Daniels' daughter'.
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Given the denial from Scott though, we hope we haven't got another KHAAAAAAN situation from Star Trek Into Darkness on our hands.
Earlier this month, Weaver played Ripley for the first time in 20 years in a new Alien comedy sketch, while Scott has revealed that he would consider de-aging the actress for future Alien outings.
Writer John Logan has also terrified us all by explaining that Alien: Covenant's Neomorph has a real-life inspiration called the goblin shark.
Alien: Covenant creeps into UK cinemas on May 12, and opens in US cinemas on May 19.
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