Neil Armstrong's Children Reflect On Their Father's Journey To The Moon | Studio 10

with the first man to walk on the moon and following his space mission Neil Armstrong became so popular he reportedly received 10,000 fan letters every day so what was it like having Neil Armstrong as a father and seeing him go into space well our very own and sat down with Neil Armstrong's sons to find out more take a look first man to walk on the moon there'd be something over Neil Armstrong died in 2012 he gave his okay for this movie to be made and his family are thrilled that audiences will finally get to know the man who made the giant leap for mankind I sure yeah be an adventure Raik mark lovely to meet you both and thank you so much for talking to me today how does it feel to have this film on the big screen and about to be enjoyed by fans around the world I think we're very happy that this film is going to be shown and seems because it's very accurate and it feels very authentic to us I think that dad has been mischaracterized over the years as reclusive and none of those things are true so it's nice for the record to be set straight and for people to get a little chance to get to know him better new if his flight is successful you'll go down in history what kind of thoughts do you have about that we're planning on the flight being successful there's a case scene in the film where your mom asks your dad to tell you boys about the risks of what he's about to do as he sets off on the Apollo 11 mission is is that pretty accurate and what do you remember of that conversation what did your dad actually say to you that meeting really did take place it really took place in the dining room that scene is because we gave them that scene right what you're not coming back those kids they don't have a father anymore great so they're gonna sit the boys down and you're gonna prepare them for the fat you might not ever come home do you think you're coming back there are risks but we have every intention of coming back the things that Ryan says in that about you know we're confident in the mission but I think we're coming back but there are some risks does anybody have any questions that absolutely is what he said we both came away from that meeting feeling confident and and not scared at all which is amazing really yeah because our mother must have been terrified I've got a dozen cameras on my front lawn deke don't be telling them what's going on Jen you have to trust us we've got this under control no you don't all these protocols and procedures to make it seem like you have it under control but you're a bunch of boys making models out of balsa wood you don't have anything under control the table was the other way yeah he's a stickler just like his father yeah no I have no idea what he's going to say but whatever he says I'm sure it won't be worthwhile Jenna damn strong only passed away a few months ago did she get to see the film I regret to say that she passed away before the film was finished she wasn't able to see it but she we got to meet with her as we were researching the movie and she read drafts of the script and she got to see some of the footage thanks to her son's Rick and Mark who have been huge helps all the way through the process Janet is just an extraordinary person I was so lucky to get to spend even just a little time with her Ryan and I got to sit with her and just ask her what her life was like what those years and her Neil's life was like 61 to 69 I mean I think you could safely say that no married couple in human history has been through quite what they went through in that period of time and so it felt like if we could route the movie in that relationship make it really a movie about the two of them and about a marriage that goes through this sort of extraordinary ordeal it would give the movie a heart that it needed Apollo astronauts Roger Chaffee Edward white and Gus Grissom lose their lives and a tragic flash fire aboard their grounded space capsule how old were you when Apollo 1 mission yeah what was that it was it was not good and Jan Armstrong was who ended up telling telling my mom and my brother and I were in the car she's in our driveway and I still remember seeing her standing there and kind of like what what is she doing you know it was really hard mom was very good friends with Pat white and she was able to see how pat was affected when her husband died yeah when her husband died yeah so she knew what could happen and I think that that's what motivated her to insist that that meeting take place did you believe in your hearts he was coming back oh yeah never not not concerned at all Wow yeah anything went wrong they'd figure it out Neil we're in a bank cuz he was the master of figuring stuff out went up went wrong wasn't he it had that incident pop around the atmosphere some way be other yeah committee that our chef he just knew how to fix stuff didn't he yeah he was very calm in a crisis and I think that's true of a lot of the astronauts when you trained as a test pilot for years and years you realize that when something goes wrong you can't panic you have to work the problem so that's the way he was [Music] I have to ask the grief of losing your sister is pivotal to what drove your father that's very much a theme in the film do you think it's important for people to have that understanding you know what I want people to know is that Karen's death affected our parents both very very deeply she died on their wedding anniversary and so it's something that they just never found a way to talk about together and of course they never celebrated their wedding anniversary from that point forward there's a scene in the film and I don't want to do a spoiler something that was left behind on the moon is that accurate we don't know if he left something for Karen it was a private thing that he told no one about it's possible tell me what do you boys think of the conspiracy theorists who say that it's never happening it's just it's frustrating daddy used to have a letter people would write him about you know you never really went to the moon and admitted anything and and he had a letter that he'd sent out and it basically said you know you you're free to believe whatever you want but but every major scientific organization in the world and they listed about 20 of them you know including the Soviet Union and others that had every reason to to disprove it they all certify that it happens so make that of it what you will everybody loves a good conspiracy theory now you've got an auction coming up in November of some pretty amazing stuff what sort of things are gonna be available don't be a lot of things that dad took with him on his flights some historical documents a lot of photographs you know after the flight they did a world tour yeah and went to many different countries all in a very short period of time there were a lot of photos from that world tour you know we struggled a lot with whether we wanted to to do this in this manner but we eventually decided there was a lot of good that we could do with proceeds and we look forward to figuring out ways that we can can help the world in it and in ways that our mother and father would have supported and we can't crowd [Music] so Neil Armstrong Neil and Jenna now had a two-year-old daughter who passed away from brain cancer and that grief was part of what drove him to to want to you know conquer this great big barrier for mankind and and that the death of those three astronauts and that earlier mission they died on the launch when it caught fire and these are their best friends and neighbors and then you know their their daughter Bonnie who I interviewed there lost her dad at 10 and then those little boys had to watch me we'll go up and hope he come back you just so you think you know the story and it's just so much of the story of the moon launch generation I remember I was we all got moved into mrs. Reynolds third class to sit on the floor and in was wheeled the black-and-white TV at war away public go Wildcats science room the science lecture room of there was some Peter's College in Brisbane in 1969 do you actually remember like details for so long because it at all you thought I'll just land like you know land a bison no he'll be right but but it took there was about six hours know when the all the time everything was departed and then landed and then he had to wait till everything opened up and then he walked down and it was all black and white was fantastic I remember don't forget you wouldn't have seen any of those pictures if it weren't for the dish at a fantastic working dog film which I've actually gone back to watch after this because it was just so pivotal part of the story and I spoke to all of the guys over there it's one of Neil and one of Rick and Mark Armstrong's favorite movies the dish and Damien Chazelle it watched it Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy and I'm going to watch it but yeah so the first man is open today if you want to go and get your moon boots on and have some fun

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Length: 10min 18sec (618 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 10 2018