When we were filming The Darkest Hour, we didnt even know what the aliens were going to look like, we didnt even have a graphic reference. So it was definitely a big challenge to sell those kind of extreme moments when youre just generating them from your own imagination. – Olivia Thirlby
Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times its just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with the director. Or sometimes all of the above. It depends on the movie and character. – Joaquin Phoenix
So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching. – Phillip E. Johnson