We wanted Mila Kunis’s character, Jupiter, to be the most complex in the movie. We didn’t want another action movie where the woman ends up being just an armpiece for the man. We wanted to make the man into her armpiece! “The Wizard of Oz” was a big reference. I thought, How great it is that Dorothy has Toto, he’s always at her side, defending her? We wanted Jupiter to have a protector like Toto.’

Lana Wachowski describing the thinking behind the characters of Jupiter and Caine 

Like Balem, Redmayne is fond of velvet. ‘Velvet is great. It’s warm as well. And it’s snug,’ he says. ‘Go full velvet is my advice.’

Eddie Redmayne extolling the virtues of velvet during an interview with GQ magazine

There is something in the juxtaposition of his steely gray eyes and the softness of his ears that makes her want to go with him.

This is an actual line from the Jupiter Ascending script – it’s there to explain why Jupiter has faith in Caine before he picks her up and they’re lifted up from the Willis Tower

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I was inspired by heavenly goddesses and came up with a beautifully surreal bride in Mila Kunis, in nude mesh embellished with red ceramics. The premise of the film was in outer space, with Mila as a reincarnation of the Queen Mother, so the challenge was immense!

– Wedding dress designer Michael Cinco