I know you were born in Romania. But every time I remember that, I’m surprised because you play these “all-American”-type roles.
I know. I’m not quite sure how that ended up, but I’m happy that people look to me that way. But, yes, I’m not from here!
Bucky Barnes is the epitome of an “all-American guy.”
But you have to remember that The Winter Soldier has this weird Russian background and his own Eastern European kind of background — and so do I. So it’s a great fit I guess.
The Martian is the most fun movie about being stranded on a desolate death planet that I could ever imagine. It doesn’t wallow in its own misery, and it could have done that.
Of course! And I think that’s one of the great things about it. The movie knows how to make fun of itself a little bit. Like, you’re rooting with him and you’re always aware of the stakes. But, at the same time, there’s a fun balance of humor there, just letting you kind of remember just how ridiculous this situation is. The fact that this guy is farming in his own sh*t on a different planet. And the movie doesn’t shy away from kind of making fun of that.
In something like Cast Away, maybe it’s more frustrating to know there are other humans probably 100 miles away, as opposed to being on Mars where the situation is so extreme, a person might respond with more levity.
I was talking to a couple people last night and they were telling me about how they had three screenings for The Martian when they were editing it. The first screening, the people who watched the movie walked away from it going, “You know what? He makes fun of everything. I don’t buy it. It seems like he’s going to survive.” So, the stakes weren’t high enough. Then there was another screening where they took away the humor and it got really serious. And then the third version is the one where they merged the two and they found the right balance — which is why editing is amazing and the key. That’s why they are composers, in a way.
There has to be humor for us to relate. Your character in this movie is a genius. All the characters are geniuses.
Yeah, absolutely. And as actors, it’s funny, everyone keeps asking, “Did you do research? Did you talk to NASA?” And, yes, we did research and so on and did our best to learn…
So you’re all set if you get stranded in space.
Not… at… all. In fact, we all agreed on just how quickly we would die.
The lesson from all of this is, unless you’re an astronaut, do not go to space.
Yeah, maybe not. It’s just funny to read about all of these privately funded projects. You know, because there are people trying to go there with a one-way ticket. And I go, I hope you know what you’re signing up for. That’s six months of radiation for a one-way ticket.
It sounds like they want to try to colonize it, but it’s not really that easy.
I don’t even know if people think that far ahead, to be honest.
I don’t think that trip is ever going to happen. NASA will go someday.
Of course. And I think it will happen in our lifetime.
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 45 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren of NASA took time out of their work schedule to talk to Sebastian Stan and Mackenzie Davis, cast members of the new movie “The Martian”, during a visit they made to Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center, Houston Sept. 15. They were joined by JSC Director Ellen Ochoa. Kelly is at the midway point of a year-long mission aboard the orbital laboratory with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), gathering valuable biomedical data that will be used in the formulation of a future human mission to Mars. Lindgren, who is a medical doctor, is beginning the third month of a five-month mission on the outpost.
Mackenzie Davis and Sebastian Stan, stars of 20th Century Fox’s Film “The Martian”, got a tour from Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa. News media followed the tour taking a peek at what NASA’s “Real Martians” are working on.
It’s the half-way point of a special one-year mission on the International Space Station. NASA is testing the limits of extended stays in outer space. That’s as a new movie about an extended stay on Mars is about to premiere.
“This will come as quite a shock to my crew mates — and to NASA — and to the entire world — but I’m still alive. Surprise!” said Mark Watney, Matt Damon’s character in “The Martian.”
“The Martian” centers on one astronaut’s survival on planet Mars. He is believed to be dead, but proves otherwise, and then needs to be rescued.
Actors from the movie visited the Johnson Space Center to compare notes with astronauts and crew members.
It was a chance for Sebastian Stan and Mackenzie Davis to meet ISS astronaut Mike Hopkins.
Mackenzie Davis: “Well, how long is a spacewalk?”
Mike Hopkins: “Spacewalks typically are about six hours.”
Davis: “Six hours!”
Hopkins: “Six hours, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. There’s a long procedure on getting into the suit.”
Sebastian Stan: “Forty-five minutes, right, it takes you, or more?”
Hopkins: “No, it’s even more than that. Yeah, it’s five or six hours from when we start preparing to when we’re actually going out the hatch. And all of a sudden it’s six hours later and you’re coming in after completing a space walk.”
For realism when making films about space, Hollywood often collaborates with NASA.
Sebastian Stan talked about one problem in making the film.
Stan: “I should mention, by the way, that when they made our astronaut suits, they did not, like, think about us going on pee breaks, at all!”
Hopkins: “Ditto! Yeah! That’s … it’s the same!”
“The Martian” opens in theaters on October 2nd.
Source: houstonpublicmedia.org
Sebastian and his The Martian co-star Mackenzie Davis took part in a NASA Rountable discussion in Houston, TX on September 15th. You can check out photos in our gallery now.
Sebastian stepped out agains last night to attend the InStyle & HFPA Party at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Check out the photos below:
Check out another new photo of Sebastian from People Magazine’s Photo Booth at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival!
