Don’t Look Up Might Be Netflix’s Most Star-Studded Movie Ever

Netflix’s Don’t Look Up imagines a troubling outcome of ignoring the climate crisis. The satirical comedy sees two astronomers discover a deadly comet quickly falling toward Earth and embark on a media tour to inform the public, but they face difficulty convincing people to act.

From politicians to pop stars, they meet many high-profile people along the way, played by A-listers from Meryl Streep to Ariana Grande. Directed by Adam McKay and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look Up might be Netflix’s most celebrity-packed movie ever.

Lawrence plays astronomer Dr. Kate Dibiasky, who smokes weed to cope with the impending comet. During one scene, she asked McKay if she could really get stoned: “Jen [said], ‘Are you gonna throw me some improv?,’ which we always do, and I was like, ‘No, you can get high.’"

Her colleague Dr. Randall Mindy is played by DiCaprio, who said the film would “hopefully” spark positive environmental change: “But at this point, I’m a Debbie Downer with the system. You’re asking the wrong guy. To me, it’s about a little less conversation and a lot more action.”

Timothée Chalamet plays Yule, a fan of Kate’s who excitedly meets her. Lawrence joked filming with him was “annoying.” “Timothée was just excited to be out of the house. I think it was his first scene... I just remember being in absolute misery that day. But [he’s] very nice.”

Streep acts as sitting U.S. President Janie Orlean, who first dismisses the comet news, fearing it’ll distract from her reelection campaign. “A huge fan” of McKay, she joined the film because “nobody makes me laugh harder in his movies, and nobody makes me think more.”

Jonah Hill appears as Jason, Orleans’ son, Chief of Staff, and an avid drug user who cares as little about the comet as he does about his career. DiCaprio recently said, “Everyone broke character because he’s a comedic and improvisational mastermind. That’s my boy Jonah Hill!”

Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry play Brie Evantee and Jack Bremmer, who interview the astronomers on The Daily Rip, a talk show. While on set, Perry said, “I had to [remind] myself, ‘Don’t come out of character because you’re sitting here with these Oscar winners.’”

Kid Cudi and Grande are rapper DJ Chello and pop star Riley Bina, respectively, whose recent breakup is front-page tabloid news. The two recorded a duet for the film, “Just Look Up,” which seems to find the A-list exes warning their fans about the deathly comet.