Lily-Rose Depp, Adèle Haenel and Virginie Efira were originally cast, but later dropped out; Haenel due to disagreements over the writing, and Depp and Efira due to delays causing scheduling conflicts. They were replaced by Lyna Khoudri, Anamaria Vartolomei and Camille Cottin, respectively.
Adèle Haenel was originally set to star, but dropped out following disagreements with Bruno Dumont over the screenplay. "At first, I thought it looked like a lot of fun: a kind of Luke Skywalker in space. The problem is that behind this funny facade, it was a dark, sexist and racist world that was defended. The script was full of jokes about cancel culture and sexual violence. I tried to discuss it with Dumont, because I thought a dialogue was possible. I wanted to believe for the umpteenth time that it was not intentional. But it's intentional. This disregard is deliberate. Just as they make fun of the victims, of people in a situation of weakness. The intention was to make a sci-fi film with an all-white cast - and therefore a racist narrative. I didn't want to support this." She later retired from the French film industry in 2023.