Sunset inside the abandoned alien outpost in 'Night Sky.' (Image credit: Amazon Studios) But we're living in an age of exploration on our planet and out there that's just amazing to be able to witness. Soon! A lot of people don’t even know that's happening now, because there’s a lot of other things going on in the world and other things rightfully drawing our attention. I think my generation, and certainly younger generations, take a lot of this for granted.

An unbelievable sci-fi moment in real life. When I was a kid I remember Neil Armstrong and 'One Giant Leap For Mankind.' I was in the basement with one of my good buddies, Randy Bostler, watching that happen on our crappy little black-and-white TV live and in person. : Humankind is at the threshold of a new era of space exploration and space tourism? If ever given the opportunity to take a rocket ride, would you strap in? After the little kid dinosaur books stage, that was one of the things that kept me excited about reading. I really enjoyed reading the classic science fiction titles when I was young. Then as I got a little older, reading Arthur C. I had a cousin who was but he was more into superheroes and the Spider-Man kind of world. I still have vivid memories of classic episodes of that and how they affected me at the time. JKS: Well, it was good old Rod Serling and 'The Twilight Zone' when I was a kid. : What was your gateway into the science fiction genre growing up? Simmons and Sissy Spacek star in 'Night Sky.' (Image credit: Amazon Studios) So that was a part of the fun as we got along too. He kept insisting that I was going to take on the role of mentor whether I wanted to or not. I've never met an Aussie that I haven't enjoyed working with and Chai Hansen was the latest example. We had some very inexperienced actors and obviously two very experienced actors, and ultimately a diverse cast of Argentinians and it developed organically into an ensemble.Ĭhai was an awesome guy. JKS: It was great, and ultimately over the course of four-and-a-half months on something like this, a kind of hybrid between a feature film set and an old network-style TV series set, you do have time to develop some camaraderie and that family spirit. : How would you describe your working relationship with co-stars Sissy Spacek and Chai Hansen? And then there were some explosive, jaw-dropping moments where we see there is more going on in this story as well. The fact that Holden, a young writer, takes such great time and gives the audience credit for having patience in letting a story develop and getting to know characters, was a big part of the appeal to me. I just start on page one of the script and read it through and if it's something that speaks to me then I want to be involved.

I have an annoying habit of never reading things like synopses and character descriptions. Sissy Spacek was already attached to play Irene, so that was part of the draw. Simmons: Well, Holden Miller is really most of the answer.

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