If there have been ever a string of phrases that captured the essence of Asteroid Metropolis the way in which it deserves, we might supply it up with out a second’s hesitation, however anybody who was fortunate sufficient to catch Wes Anderson‘s newest endeavor throughout its quick theatrical run is aware of that such a wielding of the English language most likely doesn’t exist.

Certainly, no matter clues you will have managed to assemble from any trailers or synopses are all however nugatory in getting ready you for really viewing the movie for your self; even after leaving, you should still not be totally conscious of what Asteroid Metropolis is de facto about. However, one factor’s for positive; Anderson crafted a hell of a metatext.

And if simply watching Asteroid Metropolis was akin to grabbing a powerline while downing a mug of horse tranquilizer, one can’t even start to think about the way it felt to really be on the set throughout filming, and we imply that in probably the most literal sense, seeing as one Sophia Lillis apparently couldn’t spare the right house in her reminiscence banks for the shoot.

In a current interview with IndieWire, the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves star — who portrays the character Shelly in Anderson’s movie — divulged the specifics of her first Wes Anderson expertise as an actress, and given the just about eldritch nature of Asteroid Metropolis‘s subject material, the specifics weren’t very particular in any respect.

“Truthfully, I can’t actually bear in mind half of [making ‘Asteroid City’] as a result of it was loopy. It was insane. It was such as you by no means knew whenever you have been working. There was so many individuals in every single place, it was type of like revolving doorways of only one particular person getting into, one particular person going out, whispers of, ‘Oh, have you ever heard this dude’s right here?’ That was a little bit of a fever dream.”

Certainly, it sounds just like the expertise constructed numerous character for the younger actress, seeing because it’s unlikely that she or anybody else concerned will expertise a movie set of that very explicit breed or caliber ever once more.

The identical is true of Asteroid Metropolis as a complete, too, so in case you’re trying to check your media literacy muscle mass, queue it up on Peacock the place it’s presently streaming and check your may.