Director Adam McKay broke down his directing process, including his techniques to get the best performances out of his players, while discussing his new Netflix feature, Don't Look Up. The apocalyptic dark comedy takes a deep dive into the reactions of a wide range of demographics of the news that a comet is hurtling towards Earth that will result in the complete annihilation of the planet. McKay encourages improvisation, and pop star Ariana Grande joined by Kid Cudi did not disappoint.

"Ariana Grande most certainly did improvise. In fact, her best improv was when she sang the song for the first time," McKay said. "She's the one who added all that stuff about 'We're all going to die' and 'Turn off that sh-tbox news.' That was her riffing on the first scratch track of the melody line. And the second I heard it, I was like, 'That's going in the movie.' And that might be one of my favorite moments in the movie where you have pretty much the biggest popstar in the world singing beautifully, 'We're all going to die,'" McKay continued. "Every time I see it, it just has this hilarious cognitive dissonance with it. So Ariana Grande can definitely improvise."

Grande's lyrics include:

"Look up, what he's really trying to sayIs get your head out of your assListen to the goddamn qualified scientistsWe really f-cked it up, f-cked it up this timeIt's so close, I can feel the heat big timeAnd you can act like everything is alrightBut this is probably happening in real timeCelebrate or cry or pray, whatever it takesTo get you through the mess we made'Cause tomorrow may never come"

McKay goes on to compare his earlier works including his short films for Saturday Night Live, and his first feature, Anchorman, following with his bigger-budgeted, complex shoots for The Other Guys and what changed in his directing techniques. The full interview can be seen in the Don't Look Up featurette brought to us by Netflix Film Club.

The official Don't Look Up synopsis from Netflix reads: " Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem - it's on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem? No one really seems to care. Turns out warning mankind about a planet-killer the size of Mount Everest is an inconvenient fact to navigate. With the help of Dr. Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan), Kate and Randall embark on a media tour that takes them from the office of an indifferent President Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her sycophantic son and Chief of Staff, Jason (Jonah Hill), to the airwaves of The Daily Rip, an upbeat morning show hosted by Brie (Cate Blanchett) and Jack (Tyler Perry). With only six months until the comet makes impact, managing the 24-hour news cycle and gaining the attention of the social media obsessed public before it's too late proves shockingly comical - what will it take to get the world to just look up?!"

If you haven't gotten the chance to sit down and experience the combination of rage, beauty, disgust, hope and hopelessness displayed by the long list of A-listers gifted in a comedic wrapper, catch Don't Look Up streaming now on Netflix. The reviews are in. It's not to be missed!