Michael Fassbender believes that humans and aliens want the same thing: to protect their children.
His comments, albeit mildly, came during a session in Cannes where his new film Hope examined
The film is about an alien invasion of a sleeping town in South Korea as the X-Men star jokes “aliens are living among us.”
After watching the film, the audience at Cannes was stunned, causing them to applaud for six minutes.
Overwhelmed by the reaction, Fassbender shared, “Hopefully, we can learn something from them; hopefully, they won’t be offensive.”
He adds, “I think in our case, what’s interesting about the aliens (in the movie #Hope) and what would be comparable to humans is that they want the same things, which is just to protect their children, and it all boils down to that.”
Directed by Na Hong-jin, the logline of Hope read, “An isolated coastal village near the Korean DMZ.”
“When a suspicious tiger sightings escalate the supernatural threat and a forest fire cuts off all communications, the locals and a tenacious police chief must fight for survival against a mysterious, violent cosmic force.”
The film is set to be released in theaters in South Korea in the summer.
