Slingshot
Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne lead the 2024 sci - fi filmSlingshot , but the psychological thriller also featured several other acclaimed actors . Despitereviews forSlingshotbeing quite dissimilar from audience reaction - it scored just 38 % with critics but 68 % with audiences onRotten Tomatoes- the sci - fi thriller is one of thebest movies on Paramount+ . A bountiful reasonSlingshotis deserving watchingis because of its star topology - studded cast that features Oscar and Emmy - come through actors from both America and the United Kingdom .
Slingshotfollows the crew of theOdyssey I , a spaceship sent on a mission to call for fuel and resources from Titan , a lunation of Jupiter . Due to the length of their journeying , the crew has to periodically enter and get out a drug - induced hibernation known as hypersleep . Unfortunately , the drugs used in hypersleep cause severe psychological repercussions , and theOdyssey Iquickly becomes the setting for a claustrophobic psycholocial thriller . With only a few characters in such modest quarters , the cast ofSlingshothad a grandiloquent order , but they were more than gifted enough to deliver .
Casey Affleck As John
Date Of Birth: August 12, 1975
worker : Casey Affleck was born in Falmouth , Massachusetts . Affleck ’s breakthrough role come in 2007 , when he played the nominal assassinator inThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Fordopposite Brad Pitt . Prior to that , Affleck also had a few noteworthy roles in film alongside his buddy , Ben Affleck , such as inGood Will Hunting . Affleck ’s most prominent film to date came almost a ten later , however , as he gain an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 2016’sManchester by the Sea .
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A dangerous mission to Saturn’s moon Titan strains the three-man crew of an advanced spacefaring vessel. As the ship prepares to engage in a dangerous slingshot maneuver to harness gravity for propulsion, one astronaut struggles to keep hold of reality.
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Character : InSlingshot , Casey Affleck play John . John provides the readable insight into the psychological convulsion the astronauts inSlingshotexperience from entering and exiting hypersleep dozens of times . As the movie begin , John lead off to forget important storage , like the last name of his partner , Zoe . It ’s only downhill from there , however .
Laurence Fishburne As Captain Franks
Date Of Birth: July 30, 1961
Actor : Laurence Fishburne was birth in Augusta , Georgia . Fishburne ’s breakthrough acting role was in Francis Ford Coppola ’s war epicApocalypse Now , where he played Tyrone " Clean " Miller . Since then , Fishburne has taken on a wide variety of roles , from iconic figure in action franchises like Morpheus inThe Matrixand the Bowery King inJohn Wick : Chapter 2 . He ’s mostly bang for spectacular roles , however , such as inWhat ’s sexual love Got to Do with It ? , where he wreak Ike Turner and was nominated for Best Leading Actor at the Oscars . In television , Fishburne has advance three disjoined Emmy Awards .
Laurence Fishburne jump into playing as a teenager and is now a unfeigned Hollywood titan . Here are his best role in TV and moving-picture show ranked per IMDb .
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case : InSlingshot , Laurence Fishburne play Captain Franks . Franks was the captain of theOdyssey I , and therefore both John and Nash ’s superscript officer . AsSlingshotprogresses , the psychological strain of long - term space travel strike Franks just as much as the eternal rest of the crew , though he became much more wild and controlling .
Emily Beecham As Zoe
Date Of Birth: May 12, 1984
Actor : Emily Beecham was born in Wythenshawe , Manchester , England . Beecham ’s breakthrough function was in 2013’sThe Street , a BBC television series , where she played Caro Allingham . Beecham grow to international hump when she played Deirdre in the Coen brothers’Hail , Caesar!Since then , Beecham has taken on a all-embracing sort of roles in both movies and appearance , though some of her most notable and longest - running projects includeInto the Badlands , where she play The Widow , and1899 , where she toy Maura Franklin .
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Character : InSlingshot , Emily Beecham plays Zoe . ThroughoutSlingshot , John has fleeting computer storage and dreams about his fourth dimension with Zoe as he go into and exits the hypersleep pods . The two began a romantic relationship shortly before John embarked on his mission , and her lovemaking for him helped him get through the picture show .
David Morrissey As Sam Napier
Date Of Birth: June 21, 1964
Actor : David Morrissey was contain in Everton , Liverpool , England . Morrissey ’s breakthrough use was in 2003 , though he had two large office from that year : both Gordon Brown inThe Dealand Stephen Collins inState of Play . Since then , Morrissey has had a fertile career in both film and television . For American audiences , his most memorable role was probably as The Governor in AMC’sThe Walking Deadseasons 3 , 4 , and 5 . Morrissey is also a classically trained doer , and he won awarding for portray the titular role in a 2011 reimagining ofMacbeth .
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character reference : InSlingshot , David Morrissey play Sam Napier . Sam was one of the leader of theOdyssey I ’s mission to Titan . He sent video messages to the crew from Houston , Texas , and he also had a manus in prefer all three members of the ship ’s crew .
Slingshot Supporting Cast & Character Guide
Tomer Capone as Nash : Tomer Capone plays Nash inSlingshot . Capone is well have it off for playing Frenchie in Prime Video’sThe Boys . Nash is the third fellow member of theOdyssey I , and he quickly becomes paranoid as the ship ’s mission preserve .
Charlotta Lövgren as Gale : Charlotta Lövgren plays Gale inSlingshot . Lövgren is know for movies likeStockholm Bloodbath . Gale was another astronaut in the same programme as John , though she was n’t chosen for the mission to Titan .
Mark Ebulué as Gordon : Mark Ebulué plays Gordon inSlingshot. Ebulué is known for his voice work inCaptain Laserhawk : A roue Dragon Remix . Gordon was one of John ’s astronaut friend back on Earth .
Nikolett Barabas as Voice of the Ship : Nikolett Barabas cater the voice of theOdyssey IinSlingshot . Barabas is known for another sci - fi film , The Martian . The ship ’s representative can be hear several times inSlingshotas the astronauts inscribe and exit hypersleep .
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A dangerous charge to Saturn ’s moon Titan try the three - serviceman crew of an ripe spacefaring vessel . As the ship prepares to engage in a dangerous slingshot maneuver to harness sobriety for propulsion , one astronaut struggles to keep time lag of reality .
