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Sandra Bullock stars in “Gravity,” directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón, who wrote the original screenplay with his son, Jonás Cuarón, marking their first official collaboration.

“I was inspired by Jonás’s ideas for the movie,” Alfonso says.  “I was very intrigued by his sense of pace in a life-or-death situation that dealt primarily with a single character’s point of view.  But, at the same time, placing the story in space immediately made it more expansive and offered immense metaphorical possibilities.”

The filmmakers soon discovered that they would need to push the boundaries of moviemaking to tell a story that transpires wholly in zero gravity.

In casting his leading actress, who is in nearly every frame of the film, Cuarón knew he needed an actress who could handle both the physical and psychological demands of the role, which were equally daunting.  He found her in Sandra Bullock.

In an interview with Backstage, Bullock talks at length about how this performance required getting back to the basics.

“We’re so concerned about talking, talking, talking to get the character across,” Bullock says, “and this was the exact opposite. It challenged everything that you know and made you feel like a failure every day because you had nothing to look back on.

“You literally left work every day feeling like you had failed the whole mission. You have to let go and be part of the process.”

To hear more from Bullock, Cuaron and the behind the scenes collaborators on the making of the film or to attend a screening, guild members please click here.