Director Alfonso Cuarón Would Have Loved to Have Filmed GRAVITY in Space, but Couldn't for Two Major Reasons

Alfonso Cuarón’s seven-time Academy Award-winning film Gravity is such a breathtaking film. Sandra Bullock stars in the film opposite George Clooney as a pair of astronauts who work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in outer space. It’s beautiful and eerie, and like a picturesque nightmare come to life. Cuarón says he wishes he could have filmed the picture in actual outer space, but he wasn’t able to for two reasons, which he explained to Empire Magazine in a recent sit down.

The first reasons was the obvious, money, as filming nearly an entire movie in space would have likely cost an astronomical amount.

Cuaròn said:

“Number two, and the thing that killed the whole conversation, was Sandra. Because Sandra had already suffered two airplane accidents. Not one, but two. For her, flying is a big sacrifice. And for her the idea of getting into a rocket or something like that, it was a no-no, you know?”

Cuarón also had some interesting things to say about why NASA pulled away from their involvement in the film, saying:

“At the beginning, NASA was very helpful with us. We went to Houston. We talked about the space station, which was going to be an important feature of the film. But when they read the script and saw that there was going to be a kind of disaster in space, that is pretty much against NASA’s policy. So they could not support us anymore.”

I guess that’s understandable. And it also makes sense that Sandy B. wasn’t down with being launched into space. You’d have to get a very specific type of person willing to risk their life for a movie, like Tom Cruise! Gravity is currently available to rent or purchase on Amazon, Apple TV, and more streaming services.