The original Alien Xenomorph was discovered not in a glowing egg on a faraway planet or scuttling around a gloopy nest, but down the pub. That’s where Peter Archer, one of the film’s casting directors, first clapped eyes on Bolaji Badejo, a 6ft 10in Nigerian graphic design student. The film’s director, Ridley Scott, needed an extremely tall, slender, long-limbed person to fit inside the alien suit, as designed by Swiss artist HR Giger.
Badejo was perfect for the gig. “How would you like to be in movies?” Archer asked him.
