Skip to Main Content

Apollo 11: The Movie

On the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, The Daily Beast orbits the casting couch to find stars worthy of playing astronauts.

Published Jul. 19 2009 4:34PM EDT

galleries/2009/07/19/apollo-11-the-movie/apollo-11-movie---neil-armstrong_kcyifh — NASA / Getty Images; Vince Bucci / Getty Images

galleries/2009/07/19/apollo-11-the-movie/apollo-11-movie---neil-armstrong_hun16g — NASA / Getty Images; Vince Bucci / Getty Images

galleries/2009/07/19/apollo-11-the-movie/apollo-11-movie---aldrin_wo6lmd — NASA, Time Life Pictures / Getty Images; Charley Gallay / Getty Images

galleries/2009/07/19/apollo-11-the-movie/apollo-11-movie---michael-collins_riucev — NASA, Time Life Pictures / Getty Images; AP Photo / Litboy

galleries/2009/07/19/apollo-11-the-movie/apollo-11-movie---lovell_ro3hq5 — Space Frontiers/Getty Images; Kevin Winter / Getty Images

galleries/2009/07/19/apollo-11-the-movie/apollo-11-movie---jan-armstrong_ik86bb — John Olson / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images

galleries/2009/07/19/apollo-11-the-movie/apollo-11-movie---nixon_dpybpf — AP Photo; Jason Kempin, WireImage / Getty Images

galleries/2009/07/19/apollo-11-the-movie/apollo-11-movie---cronkite_enyotj — CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images; Sara De Boer / Retna Ltd.

galleries/2009/07/19/apollo-11-the-movie/apollo-11-movie---tang_ujgqxz — Newscom; Jesse Grant, WireImage / Getty Images