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‘Constellation’: Euro Team Behind Apple TV+’s Space Drama Talk Almost Casting Jeff Bridges, Zero Gravity Shooting & $270,000 Space Suits — Seriencamp
The makers of 'Constellation,' Apple TV+'s psychological space drama, reveal secrets behind the European production.
Together they attached writer and show creator Peter Harness and then sold a global license to the project to Apple, before attracting around €30M in soft money from Germany, the UK, France, Finland and Morocco. The Big Lebowski actor dropped out after his cancer diagnosis in 2020, but director and executive producer Michelle MacLaren recommended Banks and he was soon cast in the role. Hetzer drew gasps in the room he revealed producers were forced to spend €500,000 ($540,000) on two bespoke space suits, with the existing ones astronauts use too heavy to be used in zero gravity filming, which involves wires and suspension harnesses.
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