New Pics from Alien: Genesis and Meyers Quotes!

Empire Magazine's December Issue has a story on Ridley Scott's upcoming sci-fi space epic Alien: Genesis and it includes some photos from the film and they include two photos of Michael in character as his "cyborg" character, who is now confirmed to be named Logan 3.0. Michael is once again sporting blonde hair (the only other time he went blonde for a role was in Popular 3) and it is very long, like back in the days of Hostage/The Village long! No word yet on when we can expect a trailer from the film, which also stars Anya Camilla Bella, Bradley Cooper, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, and Guy Pearce, but it will land in theaters next summer on June 8, 2012. The film will be Michael's first 3D movie.

Michael is also quoted in the article a few times. The first time is about acting like a robot: "It was one of the hardest acting experiences of my career because I had to go against all my natural instincts as an actor. Humans are emotional. They show fear, they show concern. I had to hide all that and be very matter of fact, and cold, with my reactions to all this crazy shit going on all around me. It was very strange." He also elaborates on the physical demands for the part, which may elude to the "injuries" he supposedly suffered that caused him to start taking prescription pain killer medicine AGAIN: "My feet, my legs will never be the same because of this movie. I hope it's nothing too serious but these bio suits they had us wear were very very heavy and walking in them was ridiculous and on top of that my robotic prosthetics I had to wear made it even worse. By the end of the shoot I could hardly stand I had to rest a lot. I took a lot of time off after that shoot just to let my body recover. No role ever fucked up my body like that, and I've done fight training for films like The Fighter and Bond. So that was definitely an unexpected challenge. I'm going to need physical therapy for quite some time."

Keira Knightley on working with Michael in IF I HAD YOU

At the Toronto International Film Festival Keira Knightley briefly spoke on how her and Michael have different methods of acting and preparing but still have fun together on set. Enjoy!

Michael Sent to and Released from Hospital

Close call. While filming The Devil's Double today Michael felt his "heart rate increase rapidly" and also had some "shoulder pain" as well as "trouble breathing" and was taken to a nearby hospital close to the movie's Santa Fe, New Mexico set. He was checked out by doctors and released a few hours later. According to hospital reports, "Meyers had been experiencing some severe pain and soreness in his feet and legs dating back to some injuries he sustained while filming a picture in Canada recently and was taking prescription pills for the pain. Apparently these medications had an adverse reaction with all the caffeine he had been consuming on the set of his current picture and today it all caught up with his body. We treated him, consulted him on what went wrong, what to do from here on, and he was released and should be fine". No other reports have been released and Michael has not made any statements.

This is clearly good news that it was nothing more serious but it also raises many questions. Is his pill addiction arising again? Hopefully not. Also, he did mention at San Diego's recent Comic Con that while filming Alien: Genesis (the Canada film they refer to here) that one of the hardest parts of shooting the film was the heavy astronaut suits and prosthetics he had to wear playing a cyborg and how it was hard on his legs and very tiring, but there was no mention of "injuries" to his feet or legs. As we all know, many pill addicts start their addiction due to physical injuries which make them dependent on the drugs. If he is dealing with lingering pain then his addiction to pills, something he seemed to have kicked for a while, could resurface. That would not be good at all. We pray for Michael's health and will keep you all updated on the matter.