![]() This film is, in a lot of ways, the full fruition of what he’s been able to mend together thematically and tonally in his movies. Then right up to Vice and seeing this transition in how he’s taken on these incredibly complex political issues, but retained this dark, shrewd, intelligent comedic undertone to a lot of them. It was so fun to get pitched one hilarious line after another.ĭiCaprio: I’ve been a fan of his work, gosh, ever since Anchorman and Step Brothers. Lawrence: He’s a comedy writer so he’s just coming up with hilarious material as we’re going. ![]() What was it like working with Adam McKay? And the idea that she felt heard seeing the movie was really exciting for me. Because scientists these days have been under such attack. And in a way, that may be the reaction I value the most. I just heard the other day she saw the movie, and she was so excited by it. And, and on top of it all, she had a great sense of humor. ![]() Honestly, I can't imagine us being able to pull it off without her. She was constantly fact-checking the script. She was really a major ingredient in this movie. She was probably one of the most helpful elements to my character that I could’ve imagined. Randall Mindy just to be able to articulate this science and basically almost gave me a Carl Sagan-like download on what astronomy is, what it means to be an astronomer, what you look for and the importance of what that means for my character. Leo, of course, learned all of it.ĭiCaprio: Amy Mainzer is our consultant and astronomer whom I had hundreds of conversations with. I tried to learn about astronomy as well, but I don’t know how much of it I retained. That helped shape Kate’s personality, how she dresses, how she carries herself. Lawrence: I spoke to a brilliant astronomer named Amy Mainzer. I was mostly curious about what the world for a female astronomer looks like since they’re so outnumbered. Adam is somebody that values everyone’s opinion and allows you as an actor to take a scene in any direction that you see fit. His ability to combine comedy with incredibly pertinent issues, especially with this film having the undertone of the climate crisis, so it was a unique opportunity to work with somebody that really allowed all of us as actors to collaborate and improvise. Leonardo DiCaprio: Adam McKay is a director that I’d been wanting to work with for a long time. We need to be fighting this collective war to save humanity together. It’s maybe the funniest script I’ve ever read, and I thought it was such a poignant way to get such an important point across, that people don’t need to be fighting each other over science. Jennifer Lawrence: I’ve always wanted to work with Adam McKay, I’m a huge fan. When I read the script, I thought it was genius. I've always been intrigued with the idea of finding a way to encapsulate these giant looming threats that we’re faced with in this world, but to show it in a way that has a bit of fun with it. (Both of those Mike Judge films were north stars for me.) But also movies like Dr. Comedies like Office Space and Idiocracy that really capture the weird way we live in the modern world. What were some of the sources of inspiration?Īdam McKay: I knew the movie needed to be laugh-out-loud funny, not just clever or wry, so I turned to the all-time greats. Timed to the film’s official trailer premiere today, we talked with Lawrence, DiCaprio and McKay about the inspiration for the film, improvising on set, and the all-star cast. The film uses subversive humor to reflect and underscore some of the most absurd elements of the current moment we live in, and stars Oscar winners Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio as two low-level astronomers who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth. What if you discovered that a comet was on a collision course with Earth? And what if no one really seemed to care? That’s the premise of Don’t Look Up, the upcoming Netflix comedy written and directed by Academy Award winner Adam McKay.
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