FX ‘s new series Alien: Earth centers on a female character taking on a horde of killer aliens — and so of course, any fan can’t help but be reminded of Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in the Alien films.

Sydney Chandler — the daughter of actor Kyle Chandler, with roles on Sugar and Pistol — stars in Alien: Earth (premiering Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 8/7c) as Wendy, a synthetic “hybrid” with the consciousness of a human child and the superhuman powers of a robot. And the levelheaded way she deals with the inevitable alien invasion shares a lot in common with Ripley, Chandler tells TVLine in the video above.

Showrunner Noah Hawley “was able to write a very, very layered, one-foot-in-front-of-the-other character” in Wendy, Chandler says. “It’s very present, which I think you feel from

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