Los Angeles: Two days after Brad Pitt video-chatted with a NASA astronaut on the International Space Station, the star brought his space epic Ad Astra to the U.S., with a Hollywood premiere on September 18.
On the red carpet, the star, who plays an astronaut who travels through the solar system to find his father, reflected on the conversation.
"I was actually surprised how moved I was, and how exciting it was to be able to be talking to an astronaut -- in this case Nick Hague, up in the Space Station," Pitt said. "I mean, it's happening and he's there at this moment. And then his insights and experiences from spacewalks and looking back to the Earth, or why he does what he does, I thought it was really moving."
Ad Astra, which made its world premiere last month at the Venice Film Festival, is the latest from director James Gray (The Lost City of Z) and serves up an intimate family saga painted on an IMAX-sized canvas.
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