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In the Netflix film, Academy award winners
Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio play two astronomers who
set out to warn the world of an approaching comet set to destroy
the planet. But the message falls on deaf ears, starting with
Meryl Streep's President Janie Orlean.
"I think the big trick is we want you to laugh ... The great
thing about test screening the movie was right, left wing were
all laughing," McKay, known for "The Big Short" and "Vice", said
at the film's premiere on Sunday night.
"The commonality we're going for here is like, what have we done
to each other? I mean, this polarization and this nonsense like,
come on, can't we get back to basics? So, it's kind of political
and then, at the same time, completely not political."
Three-time Oscar winner Streep, whose character's first reaction
to the bad news is "to sit tight and assess", said the movie's
message was simple: "Look up ... we know what's coming and we
know we can do something about it."
The comedy sees DiCaprio and Lawrence's characters desperately
try to get their message across and kicking off a media
campaign.
"I think we all looked at this as an incredibly unique gift,"
DiCaprio, himself a vocal environmental campaigner, said. "We'd
all been wanting to get the message out there about the climate
crisis and Adam really cracked the code with creating this
narrative."
The film also stars Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Rob Morgan,
Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance and singer Ariana Grande.
"Don't Look Up", which will have a limited theatrical release,
begins streaming on Netflix on Dec. 24.
(Reporting by Alicia Powell; Additional reporting by
Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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