KSC Employee Update: Photo Opportunity Thursday for The Martian Movie
“By special request from the film producers of the upcoming major motion picture “The Martian,” NASA and Kennedy Space Center employees have been invited to participate in a group photo session on Thursday, June 11, at 7:30 a.m. This opportunity will take place at the KSC Visitor Complex Rocket Garden and should last no longer than one hour. The first 200 people to show up will be included in the photo. Be advised that the photo will be altered so that 10-15 faces will be superimposed by actual cast members from the movie.”
Keith’s note: It is rather odd for NASA KSC to invite people to a photo shoot with movie stars who will not be there and then be told that 10-15 of the people who show up will be replaced by the movie stars – who are not there. And then the photo will presumably be used to show how people who never actually met the movie star worked with those movie stars.

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10 replies on “KSC Stages Fake Movie Star Photo Op for "The Martian"”

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  3. Um…okay…well that’s one thing to keep in mind when those promotional materials come up.

  4. Is there any food or anything? Extras get paid sometimes (usually?) on major motion pictures.

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