Alien’s Xenomorph Redesign Officially Explained
During an interview on the podcast “Bingeworthy” by The Playlist, Hawley discussed the creative reasoning behind alterations to the xenomorph’s design. He explained, “I made some subtle changes, distancing from aspects that seemed too much like a man in a costume.” His goal was to make it more insect-like and unsettling. For him, what’s truly unnerving isn’t sharp teeth but flat ones because they would cause pain – which gives the smile an eerie human quality that feels disconcerting.