That's the storyboard that we have in the beginning [of Valerian]. It's an easy shot. It's just a spaceship coming in. That's the first layout. On the first layout, we see the timing of the shot and the speed. It starts to get some shadows, and we see that everything is moving in the back.
Luc BessonI have like 10 actors and 100 aliens in the film [Valerian]. And they come from the four corners of the universe. Some of them are liquid. Some of them are just [so visually] crazy.
Luc BessonI think it's the society that drains us out, and we are in a society where we are driven by money.
Luc BessonCinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.
Luc BessonI wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.
Luc BessonI saw Cara Delevingne like five, six times. And I was never talking about the film [Valerian]. And then at the end, I say okay, let's do some test. She says yeah, yeah, good. So I took her in the room, and I test her for like six hours non-stop. Exercise, exercise, exercise for six hours. It was actually funny. And then I knew at the end of the six hours.
Luc Besson