For sci-fi fans (and for most movie goers) Prometheus is already the most anticipated film of the summer, and I'm delighted to report it's entirely worth the wait. It's an epic return to form for the director who brought us classics like Blade Runner, Alien and Thelma and Louise, and although Fassbender plays a human-like robot called David, he has created the most complex character in the film.

The thing that is most obvious watching his performance is how much fun Fassbender is having in the role. Being a machine has its perks, it turns out.

If you are capable of processing a dizzying amount of information while simultaneously spinning a basketball and cycling a bike, you can start to make your human counterparts look a bit thick. In the early scenes of Prometheus Fassbender looks like a big kid in a high tech toy box.

"It was definitely a lot of fun," Michael tells the Irish Voice. "We started at the beginning with all of David's scenes when I started on the film. He's in control of the ship while the humans sleep through the long space journey and he has to entertain himself."

There's a hint of sadness in the character though, especially when he has to acknowledge the one thing he doesn't possess that humans do - a soul...

"To prepare for the role I watched Sean Young playing a replicant in Blade Runner and I saw a slight sadness there. There was a sort of quality to it I liked and that was definitely in the mix," Michael said.

Prometheus begins with the crew from Earth reaching an alien planet that may hold a clue to the origins of life on Earth. The robot David, played by Michael, has been the only working crew member as the humans have been held in hibernation during the long voyage. David wakes them one by one as they approach their destination and they begin their descent to the strange planet.

"I like the idea that my character could be designed by a human, programmed by a human and created to exhibit human behavior," Michael.

"I wondered if he would start to develop personality traits himself? There was this big question mark written into the character that Ridley wanted, to the point where the other people on the ship begin to ask themselves, is he messing with me? Hopefully the audience will ask themselves too."

"If you've been designed by somebody it makes sense to enjoy seeing that they may have been designed by somebody. It's one in the same thing," he says.

But it's an eerie thought, and Prometheus is at its best bringing us face to face with some of the biggest questions out there.

"Prometheus asks age old questions, like where did we come from, who's our creator, if we could meet them what would we ask them?" explains Fassbender, explaining why he wanted to play his role in the film.

"It's just so nice to be a part of film like that with all the elements and all the players."

Asked if Bowie was an inspiration for his character he says yes. "I'm a massive Bowie fan, he's a total original," he says.

The question Michael's fans will want to know is, will he sign on for a sequel?

"I would love to come on board again with Noomi Rapace (who plays the young scientist Elizabeth Shaw) and Ridley," he laughs.


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