Sean bean the martian1/26/2024 Glover channels both his own sweet but dumb jock Troy and Danny Pudi’s social misfit Abed from Community, while also playing up the inherent intelligence and confidence he has himself as a performer to deliver a truly scene-stealing performance among a raft of top actors. The fact Glover can do so much with so little is testament to his great skill as an actor, which is now beginning to earn him meatier roles on the big screen. Writer of The Martian‘s source novel, Andy Weir, has said that Purnell is in fact autistic, but it’s to the actor’s and screenwriter Drew Goddard’s credit that this is inferred rather than overplayed. And that’s it, we’re Gloverless for the climax of the film save a quick nod of acknowledgement in the end credits. Then, with the help of a stapler, a pen and some spaceship sound effects, he convinces Sanders to consider the plan before being summarily dismissed. Showing precisely no social graces or understanding of the hierarchy, he asks Kristen Wiig’s PR director and the head honcho of NASA himself, Teddy Sanders (Daniels), to act as props in his demonstration. After interrupting NASA’s Director of Mars Missions Vincent Kapoor (Ejiofor) with his theory, Purnell is summoned to present it to the Agency’s other bigwigs. Glover’s only other major scene a while later is one of the movie’s most pivotal, memorable and funny. Straight away we know his character is very intelligent but clumsy and socially awkward. But he also comes quickly to a new possibility for solving NASA’s big headache, half vocalising this idea to the frustration of his immediate boss. Before this first scene is out Rich proceeds to down some cold, stale coffee before spitting it out into (read: through) a mesh waste bin – which he then spectacularly trips over. We’re introduced to him as he’s asleep on a makeshift bed, fully clothed, in his office. Purnell works in astrodynamics at the Jet Propulsion Lab in California. But it’s enough for him to make a big impression. That’s right, it’s one hour and 12 minutes into the movie when we get our first glimpse of Glover – and he goes on to have just three main scenes and approximately six minutes of screen time. Enter Donald Glover as Rich Purnell to save the day. Then the rocket carrying the probe explodes on take-off. ![]() With the rest of the crew on the long return journey aboard their ship the Hermes, NASA’s best hope is sending a probe to Mars to deliver enough food to keep him alive until the next mission arrives four years later.īut things go wrong when Watney’s habitat decompresses, blowing away a good deal of his food. Between them they spend most of the movie devising, debating and attempting to execute a plan to bring Watney home. The core cast for this portion features a, ahem, stellar line-up, including Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Kristen Wiig and Benedict Wong. The rest of the story focuses on the crew that left Damon’s botanist Mark Watney behind, believing him dead, and the NASA team back on Earth desperately trying to figure out a way to save their lost astronaut. While very much a Matt Damon vehicle, as he spends most of the film stranded alone on Mars, it’s also an effective ensemble piece. In 2015, with only a handful of movie parts under his belt, Glover bagged a small role in Ridley Scott’s excellent The Martian.
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