We spoke with Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly about her new Apple TV+ series with Joel Edgerton and Alice Braga, Dark Matter, which proposes the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics to create a reality-hopping romantic epic. In this reality, however, we’re fast approaching the 25th anniversary of Requiem for a Dream, one of Connelly’s most affecting performances (in a career of many, from Dark City and Little Children to A Beautiful Mind and Top Gun: Maverick). The Darren Aronofsky film is well-known for being one of the most harrowing and upsetting of all time, but Connelly looks back on it with palpable joy. (Watch our interview below.)