00:00Why did you want to tell this story?
00:04I wanted to tell the story of somebody pursuing a dream
00:10when everyone else is saying they can't do it.
00:13But I wanted to send this message that
00:18you can bet on yourself and you might be right.
00:23Why do you think people are so fascinated about space?
00:28And now that the space tourism is a reality,
00:32would you go on a space trip?
00:36I don't even like going on a regular airplane.
00:39So, no.
00:43No, I make movies so that I can pretend to have adventures
00:50but not have to actually do it.
00:54I think we're all fascinated by space for different reasons.
00:59And I think it comes down to the central mystery of our existence.
01:06We don't know why we're here.
01:09Or we all have different ideas about why we're here.
01:12And we're curious and we want to get out there and see what's going on.
01:19And it's such a wonderful part of life
01:22that we can just be living our little lives
01:24and then look up and really think about the fact
01:26that there's so much we don't know.
01:30I think that the people who make their living exploring space are,
01:35yes, they're scientists, but they're also incredibly creative.
01:40They have to imagine what might be out there
01:43and have these hypotheses and then have the guts to go pursue it.
01:47So, for me, I think I can imagine a bit of that
01:53because I also have a creative career and a vivid imagination.
01:57So, it was fun to write about those people.
02:00How did you manage to have this amazing cast?
02:04Emma Rovers, Tom, Sebastian Yatra.
02:08How was working with all of them?
02:10It was so, so great.
02:12Everyone was so funny and wonderful.
02:14And I have to say, it was particularly striking with Sebastian
02:17because he's such a huge star all over the world,
02:21but he is just normal when you're around him.
02:24He doesn't travel around with some huge entourage.
02:27He doesn't have weird demands.
02:29He's not difficult.
02:30He's very, very kind and personable,
02:34and you kind of can't believe it.
02:37But, no, I was just really, really lucky.
02:40I think the world is just full of incredibly talented actors,
02:44and I got to pick a few of them, and I was so lucky.
02:49What kind of research did you do
02:52before writing and directing this film?
02:56So much research because I didn't know anything about anything.
03:00So, I was not only researching what goes on at NASA
03:05and how they test these astronauts,
03:07but I also then had to research, well,
03:10what would the professors say in the classroom?
03:15Or how would, you know, there's the one scene
03:17where Emma and Tom are flirting with each other,
03:21but they're talking about astrophysics.
03:25So, there was a lot of research involved.
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