Reporter Asks 'Gravity' Director Alfonso Cuaron What It's Like to Film in Space (Video)

The upcoming space thriller from writer-director Alfonso Cuaron features Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts on a space shuttle mission that goes horribly awry after a satellite crashes into their craft, stranding them in the abyss with depleting oxygen reserves. The film got rapturous reviews after premiering at the Venice Film Festival, with Todd McCarthy calling it "the most realistic and beautifully choreographed film ever set in space" and "a thrillingly realized survival story spiked with interludes of breath-catching tension and startling surprise."

The helmer initially responds by scratching his head.

MEXICO CITY -- A video has gone viral in which a TV Azteca reporter asks Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron about the technical and human difficulties of shooting the thriller Gravity in space.

The question, asked at a Thursday Mexico City news conference in jest, certainly amused Cuaron, who flashed a wide grin as he searched for an answer.

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"Yes, we took cameras to the [spacecraft]," he said. "We were in space for three and a half months. I got really dizzy while rehearsing."

The journalist has since been revealed as Carlos "El Capi" Perez, a field reporter for the comedic talk show Deberían Estar Trabajando (You Should Be Working).

Perez later left the following comment on his Twitter account: "Forgive me Twitter for being a professional committed to information."

Gravity has received worldwide praise for its cutting-edge cinematography and special effects.