Actor Brad Pitt talked to astronaut Nick Hague on Monday in a 20-minute video call about calluses and other consequences of living in a weightless environment, Agence France-Presse reported.
“The calluses on my feet have basically gone away because I don’t walk on the bottoms of my feet,” said Hague.
“But now I have calluses across the top of my foot, around my big toe, because I’m constantly hanging on things with my big toe,” he added.
Pitt reacted, “That’s incredible to see.”
The call was broadcast on NASA TV and was part of the actor’s promotional tour for his upcoming film “Ad Astra,” in which he plays an astronaut sent on a dangerous mission at the edge of the solar system.
“Let’s talk about me,” the actor said. “How did we do? How was our zero G?”
“It was really good,” Hague replied.
(the astronauts work from 7:30 in the morning to 7:30 at night)(“We take turns”)
Pitt also asked about the pace of life aboard the ISS, who controls the music, and if the astronauts had been able to watch the failed landing of an Indian Moon lander.
The actor asked the American astronaut: “Who was more believable, Clooney (in the movie “Gravity”) or Pitt?”
“You were,” Hague said. “Absolutely.”
Here’s the post from NASA:
LIVE NOW: There's an incoming call … from space! ?? @AstroHague is talking to #AdAstra actor Brad Pitt about what it’s like to live and work aboard the @Space_Station. Watch: https://t.co/yQzjEx1tr8
— NASA (@NASA) September 16, 2019
