Alien Earth Creatively Uses Sex Lube Just Like The Original Movie

Sigourney Weaver may be the face of the Alien franchise for most of its history, but KY jelly was the unsung hero of the original movie. Such is a slippery tradition Alien: Earth is honoring by continuing to use it in a similar way.

During a visit to Alien: Earth's set, Wētā Workshop's Tim Domett, the show's creatures episodic supervisor, shared how the 1979 original movie inspired the TV series to use lube meant for sex for some of the practical effects.

"We looked to [Alien] for any inspiration around how it should look and the guideline of what we're trying to achieve. [...] They used KY jelly for this," Domett told GameSpot and others during a group visit to the filming set, while pointing to the Xenomorph model's drool-like goo secreting from its mouth. "We [also] use KY jelly. We use other types, but similar. It's just safe for all things, for going to people's faces. [The Xenomorph] is obviously looming over the cast a lot, dripping onto the costume. Obviously, [we] want to be able to clean that off.