Macwhirr was a deep space salvager.
Biography[]
Macwhirr was a salvager who discovered the commercial transport starship Otranto adrift in space.
Finding the Oranto[]
When Macwhirr found the Oranto adrift in space, he docked his ship with it and went aboard. Unknown to him, the vessel's sole remaining crewmember, the synthetic Hope, intended to use whoever docked with her ship in her experiments. Hope almost immediately overpowered him and assisted a Facehugger in subduing him. Macwhirr awoke with no memory of the attack, but found himself locked in a storeroom on the ship. Macwhirr asked Hope to release him when she appeared outside the door, but she refused, suggesting instead that he accept his impending death as she has. He died when the Chestburster inside him emerged.[1]
Trivia[]
- Machwirr actor James Paxton specifically sought out a role in Alien: Alone upon learning of the project, hoping to take part as a tribute to his late father Bill Paxton, who had passed away two years previously.[2]
- In a twist on the famous gender reversal that led to Ripley becoming a female character, Machwirr was originally planned to be a woman. His gender was switched at the behest of 20th Century Fox, who wanted a more rounded cast in the short film.[2]
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- ↑ Alien: Alone (short film)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "AVPGalaxy - In Isolation Together, An Interview with Noah Miller – AvP Galaxy Podcast #86". Retrieved on 2019-09-17.