Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alien franchise has employed hundreds of actors over four decades. Sadly, not all of them are around today... and there are more than a few deaths you might not even realize happened.

The 24-year-old actor — who plays one of the show's two adult Xenomorphs — had to film a fight scene with the CGI-generated creature, but he wasn't left completely in the dark. The Alien: Earth prosthetics crew had sculpted a realistic prop version of t.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. The main problem with Alien: Earth, in its first seven episodes, is the idiot ball, which I explained in my previous ...