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Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller discuss how the popular TV show 'The Last Man on Earth' influenced their approach to 'Project Hail Mary,' focusing on themes of isolation and comedic potential in a sci-fi setting.
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00:00I'm a huge fan of Last Man on Earth.
00:02And it's so cool to finally meet you guys and be able to tell you that.
00:06I just adore that show.
00:08And it's got this concept of isolation.
00:11We thought about that a lot while we were doing the first act of this movie.
00:16There was some of the similar themes about what if you're alone
00:20and you have no accountability to anyone?
00:23We have about a half hour of bits that didn't make the movie
00:26of just Ryan killing time in space.
00:30You can't imagine why they didn't make the movie.
00:33We didn't have time to kill.
00:36But it did make us think a lot about Last Man.
00:38So you're saying Will Forte almost played Grace?
00:41Yeah, I'm not saying that.
00:43It was only one.

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