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Dont look up meryl streep1/17/2024 ![]() Why don’t you guys talk about something? You never know. “We were shooting the scene with Rylance, Meryl and Jonah in the BASH control room for the second launch,” McKay explained, referencing the greedy, fictional big-data company that stands in for the corporate tech titans here in the real world. What began as a moment of improv comedy from the Oscar-winning actress ended up powering the ambitious idea to have the film’s effects wizards create the alien planet’s brontaroc fauna…and then let them pick off, one by one, the hapless, naked humans who thought that money could buy their way to a cryogenic escape from certain death. I wanted Meryl Streep to play her.The idea to show Orlean (alongside other rich and powerful Earthlings) getting chomped by hungry aliens started with Streep herself, director Adam McKay recently confided to Variety. So I did like any other screenwriter would do. President Orlean is actually quite smart as far as navigating the system. And if you do something along the way that helps the economy, great.”Īdam McKay adds: “I wanted someone who was 70 percent celebrity, 30 percent savvy politician, someone utterly craven and without shame, but still pretty smart. It’s really about self aggrandizement, power, and self-importance and making a mark on the world. But President Orlean wears the burden of leading the country very lightly. Miranda Priestly is one of those people who’s disagreeable, but I understood her more because she had such a burden on her. Meryl Streep says: “We've become accustomed to loving horrible people. (Image credit: Netflix) Meryl Streep on playing US President Janie Orlean in 'Don't Look Up' Grabbing supermarket supplies for the impending Apocalypse. It started to feel like it was becoming one of those kinds of adventures. It occurred to me that we had one of these movies they used to make in the '60s and '70s that had 25 different stars in it, like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World or A Bridge Too Far. At a certain point my casting director said it was getting ridiculous. ![]() ![]() Jen Lawrence was the first one we went out to and was the first to sign on. We initially sent the script around in early 2020. Īnchorman star Adam McKay, who has written and produced the movie, also recently teased that Chris Evans has ‘a little cameo! Phew!Īdam McKay says: "Honestly, I’m still in complete shock that we got all these megastars to agree to do this in the first place. ![]() Mark Rylance ( Dunkirk, Wolf Hall ), Tyler Perry, global superstar singer Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi (aka rapper Kid Cudi) and Himesh Patel, who’s best known to British fans for his role in BBC1 soap EastEnders also star. Ron Perlman ( The Capture) meanwhile plays a military character Colonel Drask, and Dune star Timothée Chalamet plays Nico. Rob Morgan ( Daredevil, Jessica Jones) plays Dr Clayt Oglethorpe, while Jonah Hill ( 21 Jump Street) is the President's hopeless son Jason Orlean and New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey ( Heavenly Creatures) is Dr Randall's wife June Mindy. They’re joined by fellow Oscar winners, Meryl Streep ( Sophie's Choice, Out Of Africa, The Iron Lady) and Cate Blanchett ( Elizabeth, The Aviator). Of course, he’s also super famous for starring in Titanic, The Great Gatsby, The Wolf of Wall Street and The Revenant. Meanwhile, Leonardo DiCaprio is playing Kate Dibiasky’s astronomy professor, Dr Randall Mindy, following on his last major film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. You can really see the way she gets a hard look at life in the public and on social media.” "So when she tries to tell this news to the rest of the world and is met with resistance, or just complete and utter disbelief, it's really upsetting. ![]() "Kate’s a truth teller" says Jennifer Lawrence. Jennifer Lawrence, best known for X-Men, American Hustle and The Hunger Games, plays an astronomy grad student Kate Dibiasky in her first major movie since 2019’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. (Image credit: Netflix) 'Don’t Look Up' cast - who’s starring?Īnyone who’s anyone seems to be among the star-studded cast of Don't Look Up, including four Oscar winners! An Oval Office emergency meeting with Meryl Streep centre stage as President Janie Orlean in 'Don't Look Up'. ![]()
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