Hello, I'm Leonardo DiCaprio and I play Dr. Randall Mindy.
I’m Jennifer Lawrence and I play Kate Dibiasky.
We're going to take you through a scene
from Don't Look Up, shot by shot.
The destruction of the entire planet
isn't supposed to be funny.
From a wedding proposal to
a little science experiment,
I'm going to need a temple rub and a martini
- later on. - Our last guests today
have made a
- pretty big discovery in space. - Okay, go!
In this scene, Dr. Mindy
and Kate are going onto a morning show
to try to get the word out about this catastrophic meteor.
We had like, 15 different cameras pointing at us
from every direction.
Film cameras, as well as television.
Can I ask you one thing before we go any further,
I just have to know this,
is there life out there?
Can you tell us yes or no, final answer?
I just remember feeling intimidated myself,
which I think probably helped
for our characters' intimidation,
because they really look like a couple of deers
in headlights.
We don't have the data.
But sure, in the vastness of space, why not?
Yes, aliens are real.
Adam wanted this to be a sort of parody of our culture.
So, there was tons of improv from every angle,
every single actor,
it was really kind of an atmosphere for all of us
where there were no rules.
I'd say most of the improv probably came from Tyler.
I knew I would like this guy.
- Sure you are, that's what you're saying. - Please don't encourage him,
- That's what he's saying. - Dr. Mindy,
we'll never get out of here.
It's very funny
the way that the public reacts to Kate versus Randall,
because it says a lot about how people react
to a hard truth.
It's headed directly at Earth
and it really likely will hit.
Here they are
trying to make this sort of courageous decision
to tell the world what's happening.
Wanting to hear this information is one thing
but ultimately the people, our interviewers involved
sort of dismiss what we're saying.
Will it hit this one house in particular,
that's right on the coast of New Jersey
it's my ex-wife's house.
I need it to be hit.
It's somewhere between six and nine kilometers across.
- So- - It's big.
It would damage the entire planet.
Kate doesn't really know how to beat around the bush.
She doesn't know how to sweeten it.
You know, she's terrified.
And you know, she needs to just say this horrifying news.
Are we-
Are we not being clear?
We're trying to tell you
that the entire planet is about to be destroyed.
Which of course, everybody ends up just getting mad at her
so that they don't have to really pay attention
to what she's saying.
Well, so, you know, just something we do around here.
You know, we just keep the bad news light.
Maybe it's supposed to be terrifying
when we're all 100% for sure gonna fucking die.
And then Dr. Randall becomes this kind of Safe Haven.
He makes everybody feel like they're in good hands.
My character beforehand,
you know, is sort of addicted to Xanax
for his panic attacks.
And I think purely by mistake,
he somehow has become a little bit more media savvy
through his nerdiness.
Hey, Kate.
Sorry.
Is she always like that?
Maybe I should have given her that extra Xanax that I had.
It's interesting.
I remember watching a lot of climate scientists
trying to articulate what's going to happen to our planet
in the sort of mainstream news outlets.
And when they start to say the nitty gritty
of the trajectory of where we're headed,
they're forced to say it in a specific way
that doesn't bum people out too much.
And the way Adam wrote this
was such a great analogy of that.
Well, the handsome astronomer, can come back anytime,
but the yelling lady, not so much.
Not so much.
And the way that social media takes over at this point,
I thought was really poignant.
You know, there's also a break-up star of Riley Bina.
Who's a pop star,
which gets, you know, 20 times more likes and views
than this news that we're trying to give.
The public just chews up Kate and spits her out.
You know, they don't want this scary lady
who's telling them something they don't want to hear.
Your TV appearance got some nice traffic
when Ms. Dibiasky cursed,
unfortunately there was an immediate backlash
that quickly became a meme.
Oh, Jesus.
In today's modern media
everything's sort of getting chopped up into sound bites.
And here we have two pretty accomplished scientists
that are trying to warn the entire human race
of catastrophic events,
yet you know, they're being pushed off to commercial.
That's The Daily Rip, guys.
Have a great day.
Check out Don't Look Up, now on Netflix.