Moonfall Ending Totally Blindsided John Bradley
Warning: This article contains spoilers forMoonfall.
Moonfall star John Bradley admits that he too was blindsided by the surprise ending of the science-fiction movie. Moonfall, which hit theaters Friday,is the latest disaster film from blockbuster maven Roland Emmerich. The star-studded cast includes Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, Michael Peña, Donald Sutherland, Eme Ikwuakor, Charlie Plummer, and Kelly Yu. Although the film is expected to end the weekend at #2 at the box office behind Jackass Forever, box office projections show that it's likely to earn around $10 million.
At first blush, Moonfall seems like typical disaster movie fare: Wilson and Berry are astronauts who must stop the moon from falling out of orbit and slamming into the Earth. However, things get interesting when the team is joined by conspiracy theorist C. K. Houseman, the character played by Bradley. His theory that there is more to the moon than meets the eye proves to be correct when the characters discover that the moon is not naturally occurring but a megastructure containing advanced technology. At the end of the Moonfall, he sacrifices his life, uploading his consciousness into the mainframe of the moon.
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John Bradley sat down with THR to discuss that wild twist that concludes Moonfall. He admits that he was "blindsided" when he learned of the fate of his character. From reading the script, which positions Wilson as the classic disaster movie hero, he assumed that Wilson's character would be the one to ultimately sacrifice himself at the end of his redemption arc. However, as Bradley thought about his ending, "it made more and more sense." He realizes that between the character's lack of ties to Earth
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