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‘I.S.S.’ Star Ariana DeBose on That Shocking Ending, Making a Space Thriller Out of U.S.-Russia Tension and Her Broadway Future
Ariana DeBose heads to space in the new thriller from director Gabriela Cowperthwaite.
“Blackfish” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite helmed the project, with Oscar winner Ariana DeBose suiting up for the lead role — both creatives playing in a new genre for the first time. But things turn dire quickly when their governments declare war on each other and both groups are instructed to commandeer the space station by any means necessary. Cowperthwaite and DeBose spoke to Variety about the challenges of shooting an accurate space move, how Russia’s real-life invasion of Ukraine almost put the film in jeopardy and being baffled by the ending.
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