Our first and only shot of Ruth Negga as Helen Lantos. What’s her role here? Why are her shelves so empty? The marketing is keeping mum on her character.
Colonel Pruitt makes his way onto the mission, and he mansplains space to the naive Roy: “The enemy up here is not a person or a thing…”
“…it’s the endless void.” Colonel Pruitt turns his head and stares down the inky black nothingness that surrounds him.
The shuttle races free from an explosion… An antimatter explosion??
From the white violence of the antimatter eruption, Roy’s shuttle propels him into the abyss. It’s rocket blinks into a star.
And from that twinkle, we get the title. The Latin translation of which is “To the Stars,” where all of humanity’s questions await answers. The words are often linked to “Per aspera ad astra” meaning “through hardships to the stars.” Basically, if you want to succeed beyond your reach it’s gonna be hard as hell. All the best to the McBride clan.
Ad Astra opens in theaters, including IMAX screens, on September 20th.
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