Constellation's Noomi Rapace Explains Why Apple TV+ Is Dominating Sci-Fi
40If you're looking for your next sci-fi fix, Apple TV+ is monopolizing the genre with their high-quality series. The latest to hit the streamer is Peter Harness' psychological thriller, Constellation. Starring Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), the show takes viewers to the far reaches of the International Space Station and across breathtaking filming locations like the icy Northern Finland and the deserts of Morocco. To celebrate the series' official launch, we teamed up with Apple TV+ for a special early screening of Episode 1, "The Wounded Angel," where Collider's Steve Weintraub had the opportunity to host an exclusive Q&A with Rapace and Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad), executive producer and the director of Episodes 1 and 2.
Constellation stars Rapace as Jo – an astronaut who returns to Earth after a disaster in space – only to discover that key pieces of her life seem to be missing. The action-packed space adventure is an exploration of the dark edges of human psychology, and one woman's desperate quest to expose the truth about the hidden history of space travel and recover all that she has lost.
During the Q&A, which you can watch in the video above or read in the transcript below, Rapace and MacLaren share their experiences working with Apple TV+ and how the streamer keeps serving up hit shows like Foundation, Silo, and more. The duo discusses how they shaped Constellation's eight episodes in the edit, pulling back on early reveals, and working with a real-life astronaut, Scott Kelly, to ensure the show kept its grounded elements rooted in authenticity. They talk about filming in extreme conditions, from the nearly life-size replica of the ISS to the Arctic in Northern Finland and the heat of Morocco, to doing as much as they could practically, working with top-secret new drones like the Skynamic, and working with the stellar cast, including the twins and Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad).
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