Canadian astronaut Julie Payette is a sci-fi fan who usually cuts space movies some slack in terms of plausibility. (Graham Hughes/Canadian Press)
When Hollywood sends gritty miners to alien planets or blue collar oil-rig workers into space, it doesn't bother Canadian astronaut Julie Payette. "It's when the laws of physics are completely broken... then I'm a bit of a critic," she said, laughing.
Payette plans to discuss realism and implausibility in moviedom's depictions of space, science and technology as well as the teamwork and resilience of astronauts on Wednesday in Toronto, at a special screening of Ron Howard's Apollo 13. It's part of an ongoing TIFF Lightbox series matching memorable films and related experts.
Moonraker was a film that got under the skin of Montreal-born Payette, who flew in missions aboard the space shuttles Discovery and Endeavour and was the first Canadian astronaut to help construct the International Space Station.
"It's totally impossible!" she recalled repeatedly telling her son, who was watching the James Bond classic alongside her. His response? "Mama, it's a movie!"
TIFF's choice of Apollo 13 is fitting since it was TV coverage of the Apollo missions that inspired a young Payette (and others of her generation) to become astronauts, she said.
"It's hard to portray, but Apollo 13 is about as close as it gets [to reality]... They even went as far as using an airplane to create a few seconds of floating" for the actors, Payette pointed out. The true weightlessness of space is a marvel that's nearly impossible to replicate on Earth and which Hollywood has trouble portraying accurately, she added.
That said, she usually tries to cut filmmakers some slack. Payette and her NASA colleagues just laughed, for instance, when Michael Bay's Armageddon depicted a band of misfit oil drillers sent into space to save the world after brainy astronauts fail.
Though she's got her own impressive story, the humble Payette says she can't imagine a movie being made about her life, let alone who might play her in the hypothetical biopic. She'd much rather see a film made about Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, she said.
Still, the self-described sci-fi aficionado says she might consider making a cameo appearance, given the right project.
"I'm excited that Star Wars is being revived again," Payette admitted.
She's also a Star Trek fan. "I'd love to serve on the Enterprise," she added, laughing.
TIFF Lightbox continues its special subscription series Books on Film, Food on Film and Science on Film through May and June, with experts including Law & Order: SVU producer Ted Kotcheff (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz), filmmaker Deepa Mehta (Midnight's Children), food activist Anita Stewart (Food Inc.) and science-fiction author Robert Charles Wilson (Forbidden Planet).
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