Netflix movie Don’t Look Up charged straight to the top of the platform’s streaming chart when it premiered last week. With an all-star, Oscar-winning ensemble cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett along with Ron Perlman, Timothee Chalamet, Jonah Hill and more, Adam McKay’s dark satire about the impending end of the world is a thought-provoking watch for those who can pull themselves away from social media long enough to sit through its two-hour-plus runtime, and despite some viewers thinking they discovered an editing blunder in the movie, it turns out not to be the mistake some believed.

Don’t Look Up didn’t exactly hit the mark with critics, but that seems to be the norm with any popular streaming movies, with Netflix’s Red Notice having a similar reception last month. Despite that, audiences have racked up millions of viewing hours watching the very relevantly timed movie and it has also earned itself four nominations at the Golden Globes, including a nod for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy, proving again that movies made for streaming platforms are just as big as their cinematic counterparts.

Director Adam McKay tweeted a response to the online discussion about a supposed editing error in the film, which sees the film’s crew briefly appear in the background of one shot, kitted out in Covid masks. This shot was posted on TikTok by Ben Kohler (@sightpicture), who captioned the video “oopsy.” He went on to comment that he believed that the makers of the movie would think that “they probably won’t notice that.” However, McKay quickly cleared up the “error” with his post in which he explained that there was a reason for the shot being left in the movie.

“Good eye! We left that blip of the crew in on purpose to commemorate the strange filming experience.” McKay wrote in the post, replying to the original E! Online article.

There are often points in a movie when you may spot something in passing that looks a little odd, but there are also those who seem only to watch movies to find the moment someone leaves a water bottle in shot, or a van is seen in the distance during a period drama. This time around, the appearance of the crew can be seen via the use of the pause button during a scene in which Timothee Chalamet’s character’s friends are seen skateboarding in a parking lot, when it becomes clear that the small group are not simply extras but crew members wearing masks as they were required to during filming at the time.

The “strange filming experience” noted by McKay was not only down to the use of protective masks and other limiting ways the actors and crew were forced to work with each other. The shooting schedule on Don’t Look Up was delayed due to pandemic shut-downs, and Meryl Streep noted in an interview that the isolation of lockdown almost made her forget how to act. In another bizarre turn of events, Jennifer Lawrence had to have a CGI tooth added in post-production as she was unable to visit a dentist when she lost a veneer early in filming. Considering this, it seems that leaving a shot of the crew in the movie is not the strangest thing about the movie after all.