Aronofsky’s next feature was The Fountain (2006), a dramatic sci-fi epic about a scientist (Hugh Jackman) who desperately seeks a cure for his wife (Rachel Weisz), who has cancer. The film took longer than expected to complete because its original star, Brad Pitt, quit the project seven weeks before…

…with the ambitious science-fiction romance The Fountain (2006) and the dramatic thriller The Prestige (2006) as well as X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In 2008 he starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann’s lush historical epic Australia. While the film itself met with mixed reviews, Jackman’s performance was widely praised.…

In 2006 Weisz starred in The Fountain, directed by then boyfriend Darren Aronofsky, with whom she had a child that same year. She later appeared in The Lovely Bones (2009), directed by Peter Jackson, and The Whistleblower (2010). Weisz then received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in The…