Hall Berry
Would a space trip with Jeff Bezos be something for you?
Halle Berry as NASA Deputy Chief Jo Fowler in Roland Emmerich’s disaster film Moonfall.
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Halle Berry plays a NASA boss in the new film. There’s a reason why she wouldn’t go into space with Jeff Bezos in real life.
Hollywood star Halle Berry (55, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle”) plays the former astronaut and deputy NASA boss Jo Fowler, who has to save the world in space, in Roland Emmerich’s (66) disaster film “Moonfall”. Would the actress like to be in space herself? In an interview with “Welt am Sonntag” she gives a clear answer to the question of whether she would accompany former Amazon boss and space pioneer Jeff Bezos (58), who offers something like this, on a short flight into space:
“No. A flight into space is not on my personal wish list of life dreams,” said the Oscar winner. She does not owe a reason for this decision: “I have two young children, my obligations as a mother have priority in this phase of my life. A flight into space would be a risk that I would not take at the moment,” she says. But she also adds: “Maybe one day, who knows. But not today.”
Halle Berry is the mother of Nahla, who was born in 2008, and her son Maceo was born in 2013. She is no longer with the fathers of her children. She is currently in a relationship with US musician Van Hunt (51).
Digital detox in times of pandemic?
The science fiction film “Moonfall” also stimulates thinking about digital detox, because smartphones put the astronauts in danger because they can be located. “I have to admit that in times of a pandemic it would have been difficult for me to do digital rehab,” says Halle Berry. “We’ve all been isolated and locked in for so long that smartphones have become our lifelines in a way,” she continues.
Above all, she has her children in mind: “In the past, they could rush outside, do sports and do something with their friends. When the pandemic paralyzed everything, they couldn’t even go to school,” the mother of two summarizes the dilemma. For a year and a half, her children would have had to stare at their computer screens at home just to attend school.
But Berry also thinks that communication devices have been taking up too much space with her children since Corona. “Unfortunately, since then, smartphones and other devices have played a much bigger role in their lives than I ever wished. All the digital devices have become a vice in many ways. They’ve spread and taken hold more since the pandemic than it has is dear to me,” says the American.
The disaster film “Moonfall” starts in cinemas on February 10, 2022.