Laurence Fishburne on His New Thriller ‘Slingshot’, Where His Love for Sci-Fi Began and 45 Years of ‘Apocalypse Now’: ‘It Was My Apprenticeship’
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Laurence Fishburne’s latest film “Slingshot” has an ending which he calls “a beautiful surprise.” The film, in theaters now, sees him playing the lead of a three-man crew to one of Saturn’s moons.
Fishburne plays Captain Franks. Along with fellow astronauts John (Casey Affleck) and Nash (Tomer Capone), the trio hope to find a new renewable source of energy in an effort to save a dying Earth.
Along the way, they enter sleep pods and hibernate for three months, but since drugs are used to induce hibernations, John starts experiencing side effects, and Nash becomes unstable.
Franks is the only one who appears to be fine, and keeps his one goal: to finish the mission. The film’s third act throws an unpredictable twist into the storyline, and that was what intrigued Fishburne into accepting the part.
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