20 Things You Somehow Missed In Alien

18. Cigarettes

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While nobody can hear you scream in space they can definitely hear you smoke, and the crew of the Nostromo chains their way through a few packets as the organism situation grows increasingly dire.

Their brand of choice is Balaji Imperial, a fictional cigarette producer invented by Ridley Scott and the Art Department for the movie. Their apparent source of inspiration? Actor Bolaji Badejo who played the Xenomorph itself, with the first part of his surname and the bulk of his forenamed combined for the brand.

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