The astronaut Neil Armstrong seemed unafraid to hurl himself into the far reaches of space, but for a difficult family conversation, it was another story.
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This scene from the biopic “First Man” finds Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) at the dinner table with his wife, Janet (Claire Foy), and sons, explaining to them on the eve of his moon mission that there could be a chance he won’t come home.
In this video, the director Damien Chazelle said the scene stemmed from talks that he and the screenwriter Josh Singer had with Janet Armstrong and her sons Rick and Mark about how the family discussion played out.
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