‘For All Mankind’: Joel Kinnaman on That Unbelievable Asteroid Heist, and Why Elon Musk Should Stick to Space

variety.com:

Sharareh Drury From the Soviets beating the U.S. to the moon to humans finally making it to Mars, Apple TV’s “For All Mankind” imagines an alternate history of space exploration.

Joel Kinnaman leads the series as astronaut Ed Baldwin, a role the Swedish-born actor calls “a gift” for being able to portray the conflicted protagonist across decades.

Ahead of “For All Mankind” wrapping its fourth season, Kinnaman spoke with Variety about the appeal of astronauts, asteroid heists and conflicted all-American heroes. What drew you to “For All Mankind” and your character, Ed Baldwin? There were two things that really drew me to playing Ed.

First off, he was this American archetype, this all-American hero. And to me, it’s not particularly interesting to play that guy.