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"Ridley Scott has described Prometheus as a truly original sci-fi movie. The director explained that he returned to the sci-fi genre for his latest film only after becoming convinced that Prometheus could be innovative. &amp;quot;Over the past few decades, I think we&amp;#039;ve been &amp;#039;action filmed-out&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;monster filmed-out&amp;#039; and almost &amp;#039;science fiction filmed-out&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; Scott said, reports Flicks and Bits. &amp;quot;So the baseline question is, &amp;#039;How original are you going to be?&amp;#039;&amp;quot;  He continued: &amp;quot;The reason I haven&amp;#039;t made another sci-fi film in so many years, apart from the fact I&amp;#039;ve been busy making other films and exploring different genres, is because frankly I haven&amp;#039;t come across anything worthwhile for me to do with enough truth, originality and strength. Prometheus has all three.&amp;quot;  Scott also explained that he did a great deal of searching before compiling the movie&amp;#039;s all-star cast. &amp;quot;Frequently, I&amp;#039;d already have done my homework, so I kind of know who I want already. And that doesn&amp;#039;t undermine my casting directors, at all, because I know what I want,&amp;quot; the filmmaker noted. &amp;quot;I need a very good casting director to persuade and negotiate and all that stuff. But, I look for people like Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, because they&amp;#039;re free-thinking, free-moving artists who think on their feet.&amp;quot; Theron recently said that she thinks Scott is one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation. Prometheus is now playing in UK cinemas and opens on June 8 in the US. Watch a trailer for Prometheus below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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