Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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When Ron Howard cast Tom Hanks in the true space survival story of Apollo 13, many people, including Jim Lovell, the real-life NASA astronaut who commanded the mission, were skeptical and worried the Forrest Gump star could turn the biopic into a comedy. Howard recounts a meeting that changed everything, the challenges of filming inactual weightlessness, and being surprised that his movies are commercial successes.

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