Miles Teller recently found himself making headlines for selling his stake in a liquor company, but more pertinently, for an infamous profile that soured him on film promotions. Teller had just broken out as the star of Damien Chazelle‘s Whiplash back when the profile was published, and was looking to take his career to the next level by doing what every young actor in Hollywood was advised by their teams to do at the time: star in a superhero movie. But Teller’s sole experience in the genre was the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot, inarguably the biggest superhero fiasco in decades. He’s done well for himself since then, despite Fantastic Four tanking and his relationship with Chazelle going south. He was the second lead in one of the decade’s most memorable blockbusters, Top Gun: Maverick, and has proven time and again that he can be a crowd-puller.
Just last year, he appeared alongside Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turnerin the fantasy dramedy Eternity, which quietly grossed more than $30 million at the box office, earned excellent reviews, and has become a fixture on the Apple TV viewership charts in recent months. Teller is no stranger to success on Apple, having headlined one of the streamer’s most successful original movies with Anya Taylor-Joy. The genre-bending hit, which combined elements of sci-fi, conspiracy thriller, romance, and horror, recently hit a massive milestone on the Apple TV charts.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy’s Streaming Hit Just Passed a Major Milestone
We’re talking, of course, about The Gorge. Directed by Scott Derrickson, the movie appeared, on the surface, to be one of those pandemic-era productions shot entirely on soundstages with a small crew, but it has been performing like a full-blown tent pole on streaming. According to FlixPatrol, The Gorge has spent 450 days on the domestic Apple TV chart, trailing only hits such as Greyhound and The Family Plan, which were released years earlier. The Gorge now holds a 62% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Mixing multiple genres, The Gorge makes for a surprisingly endearing romance until its action-thriller obligations steer proceedings back onto a more predictable path.” Taylor-Joy will hope to continue this momentum with her upcoming Apple TV series Lucky, due out on July 15. Teller, on the other hand, recently starred in the blockbuster biopic Michael, and will next be seen in the awards season favorite Paper Tiger. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
