(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Matthew McConaughey Anne Hathaway Jessica Chastain and others joined Christopher Nolan to unveil Paramounts highly anticipated (and closely guarded) sci-fi film.
Christopher Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas
The stars aligned for the Hollywood premiere of Interstellar at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Sunday October 26. Matthew McConaughey Anne Hathaway Jessica Chastain and others joined Christopher Nolan to unveil Paramount’s highly anticipated (and closely guarded) sci-fi film. Famously press-shy director/producer/co-writer Nolan took photos and gave a few quotes on the red carpet before ducking into the theatre with his wife Emma Thomas also a producer on the film letting his cast and collaborators do most of the talking.
Hathaway said people should expect to “have their minds bent and their hearts opened.” In the film Hathaway joins Matthew McConaughey’s character Cooper on an unprecedented mission with the bravest men and women alive in the hopes of saving humanity after Earth has become uninhabitable. But in order to do so they must leave their families behind unsure of when/if they’ll return. For McConaughey to land the part Nolan had to first get a sense of McConaughey on a personal level. “[That first meeting] maybe it was about the movie to him because he knew the film but I think he wanted to meet me and see if I was the man he thought I was” McConaughey said.
“We talked we got to know each other. He says he wasn’t questioning my acting ability and I don’t think he was but it’s also important who do we take the journey with what’s our work ethic do you want to go do press junkets with these people do you want to travel around the world and talk about what you made together.”
On the red carpet when faced with Cooper’s hypothetical dilemma team Interstellar made one thing clear: family comes first. “I have a little girl now I’m staying right here” said Jonathan Nolan who co-wrote the script with his brother.
“We wanted to explore very very big questions with this film. It always had to be about family.”
Matthew McConaughey with wife Camila Alves McConaughey
For Chastain her co-stars became like family. “Did you just see that hug I love these people” she said all glammed up in a Givenchy Couture lace gown. “Being on a set with Annie Matthew Michael Caine and Chris [Nolan] and Casey Affleck — I just want to surround myself by people that inspire and make me work harder.”
Wes Bentley who plays one of the crew members said: “I think Chris Nolan above all else is a family man he loves his children he loves his wife he’s got a huge heart and that is the most significant thing in the film you spend half the time in the film and it’s three hours long crying because you’re so moved and he blows your mind in that sense. All the other stuff just falls into place.”