Passengers: 20 Cool Cast Facts

We can’t wait to tune into this week’s Sunday night movie, Passengers. Not only are we big fans of science fiction, but the movie has an awesome cast to boot. Check out a few fun facts about them, before watching them in Passengers this Sunday.

Chris Pratt

1. He is married to Scary Movie and Mom star Anna Faris.
2. Due to his obsession with monkeys, he was nicknamed ‘Monkeyboy’.
3. He was a wrestler in high school.
4. He almost turned down the role of Peter Quill/Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy.
5. A Disney quiz online told him he was Chris Evans!

Jennifer Lawrence

1. She auditioned for the roles of Bella Swan in Twilight.
2. The actress trained with an Olympian archer for her role as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.
3. She received her first Oscar nomination in 2011, for Winter’s Bone.  She won two years later for her role in Silver Linings Playbook.
4. She almost didn’t land the part in Winter’s Bone, because the producers thought she was too pretty.
5. She loves watching Homeland.

Laurence Fishburne

1. He was cast as Nelson Mandela in the miniseries Madiba.
2. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1994 for playing Ike Turner in What’s Love Got To Do With It.
3. He’s also taken to the stage and won a Best Actor Tony Award for his performance in Two Trains Running.
4. One of his most recognisable features is the gap between his teeth, which he has refused to fill.
5. He was cast in the acclaimed film Apocalypse Now at the age of 14, but the movie was only released two years later.

Michael Sheen

1. In 2009, he was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to Drama.
2. Like Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, he is Welsh.
3. He trained at the renowned London drama school RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art).
4. He has portrayed British Prime Minister Tony Blair three times: in The Deal, The Queen, and The Special Relationship.
5. He dated his Underworld co-star Kate Beckinsale for eight years, and they have a daughter together.

Watch this great cast in Passengers, your Sunday night movie on 15 October at 20:05 on M-Net.