Fassbender’s next film will test his box office mettle, as he plays the character of David in Ridley Scott’s return to the world of Alien, the highly-anticipated science-fiction opus Prometheus. But other than taking a role in McQueen’s next film, Twelve Years a Slave, Fassbender confides he’s been talking to Martin Scorsese (about what, he won’t say) and also is working with writers to develop his own scripts. Says McQueen: “He’s a game changer. He’s got a vulnerability and sensuality that is very powerful. He’s got an extraordinary femininity, while still being very much a man’s man. That’s what propels him to greater roles.” Listening to Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman-CEO Tom Rothman, you can almost see the dollar signs in his eyes: “Michael is a Heisman Trophy triple threat a magnetic movie star, a supremely talented actor and a great guy.”
