Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio performs an astronomer within the upcoming Netflix movie Don’t Look Up and the actor says it was a “once in a lifetime opportunity” for him. In the movie, the characters Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence have six months to let the world care in regards to the Mount Everest-sized comet that’s headed for Earth however seems to be fairly a comical experience.
Talking in regards to the movie, The Revenant star stated in a press release that he has usually seemed for “a film that has an environmental undertone and what Adam did was fantastic, featuring an Earth-bound man”. The analogy of the large comet was used and demonstrated how mankind would react to it from a political and scientific stage that I had by no means seen earlier than.” DiCaprio said that he has always enjoyed dark comedy. “I’m a giant fan of those motion pictures from the ’60s and ’70s – Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, undoubtedly The Network and, after all, Dr. Strangelove, who talked via the darkish in regards to the Cold War. It was comedy,” he stated.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence Adam McKay play astronomers within the movie and the 2 consulted Dr. Amy Mainzer, an astronomer and local weather change scientist. In reality, DiCaprio credit Mainzer with serving to him land his position. “I would have had 100 conversations with him. I have spoken to many climate scientists, but our discussions are taken from the perspective of an astronomer. It was amazing to see the similarities in their thinking,” he stated.
In addition to DiCaprio and Lawrence, Don’t Look Up additionally stars Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, and Rob Morgan. The movie is releasing on Netflix on December 24.
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