Kevin Costner to play NASA space flight director
Kevin Costner will co-star in Hidden Figures, a movie based on true events, which will focus on the preparation for the flight of American astronaut John Glenn. This is reported by the Variety edition. The popular Hollywood actor will play the head of the NASA space program, and the plot will be the mathematician Katherine Johnson, who, along with her colleagues Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson, was responsible for the basic calculations of the first orbital flight. The role of Johnson went to actress Taraji P. Henson, and Octavia Spencer will also star in the movie. The terms of work on the project and a possible rental schedule have not yet been specified. Recall that the historic flight of John Glenn took place on February 20, 1962. He became the first American astronaut to fly around the Earth. Prior to this, NASA spacecraft performed only suborbital flights. It is noteworthy that Glenn visited space for the second time in November 1998, when he was already 77 years old. As for Kevin Costner, in 2016 viewers will be able to see him in the movie "The Criminal", which will be released worldwide in April. The actor also took part in the creation of the documentary "Quick Ball", dedicated to the stars of baseball. The Topic of Article: Kevin Costner to play NASA space flight director. |
