Street: Why was it so important for you to use volunteer members of the homeless community as extras?
Joe Wright: I felt I had no absolutely right to speak for them and just pick their lives without their involvement.
Inspiring movies come in all shapes and sizes. Case in point: The Astronaut Farmer. The absurd plot of a retired air-force-pilot-turned-family-ranch-hand (named Charles Farmer) who decides to build a space rocket in his barn seems too far-fetched for even Hollywood's tastes.