India, July 8 -- Rebirth is out in the theatres and the latest cast addition to its dinosaur lineup has led many intrigued fans questioning where the inspiration came from. It seems that some eagle-eyed fans hit the target right in terms of theories as director Gareth Edwards has confirmed the origins of one of the movie's scariest and latest additions to the silver screen.

In a conversation with Screen Rant, Edwards revealed that the Distortus rex was inspired in design by the Xenomorph from Alien and Rancor from Star Wars. The D-Rex is meant to be a mutant/ hybrid dinosaur that is partly inspired by the original anti-villain of the original Jurassic Park films: the T-Rex.

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