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: Eventually, Alpha became so large it threatened Earth's gravity and was propelled into deep space. Population : By the 28th century, it houses roughly 17 to 30 million inhabitants

A surprise highlight of the film was Rihanna’s role as Bubble, a shapeshifting alien entertainer. In a short amount of screen time, she delivers a performance of surprising vulnerability. The scene where she shapeshifts to Valerian’s desires, dancing through various forms before settling into a human guise, is technically mesmerizing and narratively tragic. It underscores the film’s theme of identity in a universe where biology is fluid. ---Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 20...

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) - Plot - IMDb : Eventually, Alpha became so large it threatened

However, a reevaluation suggests that the "miscasting" may have been intentional or, at the very least, misunderstood. The scene where she shapeshifts to Valerian’s desires,

In the summer of 2017, a cinematic supernova exploded across IMAX screens, only to vanish from the cultural conversation with shocking speed. Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets arrived with a $209 million budget—the most expensive independent film ever made—and the weight of a beloved French comic book series ( Valérian and Laureline ) that had inspired everything from Star Wars to The Fifth Element .