Overview
- The pair appeared for a recorded Q&A before an IMAX 70mm screening at AMC Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles, with video shared by the Nolan Archives.
- Chalamet told the audience the 2014 epic remains his favorite project despite his modest role, noting he was “number 12 on the call sheet” and that some of his footage was reduced in the edit.
- Nolan recounted that Interstellar began as a Jonathan Nolan story developed with Steven Spielberg and scientific ideas from physicist Kip Thorne, before he took it on and merged in his own concepts.
- Reflecting on the ‘messages from home’ sequence, Nolan said he “didn’t particularly like” a darker tone Chalamet chose, yet praised the actor for executing a planned approach that he later reconciled in the edit.
- Addressing the movie’s trajectory, Nolan said initial responses were muted compared with his past work, yet audience affection has grown year by year, including a re-release that added roughly $5 million.