Academy Awards 2. Hidden Figures Fun Facts. Since its release late last year, Hidden Figures has captured audiences and critics with its award- winning performances and ultra- inspiring plot. The film, which is up for a Best Picture Oscar, tells the story of three African- American mathematicians working at NASA — Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan — whose research helps John Glenn become the first American astronaut to orbit Earth. In honor of Hidden Figures‘ many accolades this awards season, we rounded up a bevy of fun facts and set secrets to hold you over until the Academy Awards this Sunday night. While the three leading roles ultimately went to Octavia Spencer, Taraji P.

Henson and Janelle Monáe, other actresses were considered to slip into the shoes of Vaughan, Johnson and Jackson, respectively. Contenders included Oprah Winfrey and Viola Davis. Everett. 2. Taraji P. Henson admitted that prior to filming she didn’t know about the three women she and her two costars would go on to portray. I didn’t know [the story] until I got the script,” Henson said.

And I went to an historically black university, where Ron Mc. Nair — who died in the [Space Shuttle] launch to space — [had attended]. I actually studied electrical engineering. I failed, but I was there.

And this man has a building named after him. If it wasn’t for Katherine Johnson, there would have been no Ron. But hey, who am I? Never heard of her. Metropolis Online Putlocker. I was annoyed. I was mad.

· The True Story of 'Hidden Figures' and the Women Who Crunched the Numbers for NASA. While telling the story of three unknown space heroes, Hidden Figures. Hidden Figures: watch the trailer for the Oscar-nominated film based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book. We said our goodbyes to her and clambered into the minivan, off. TOPIKMOVIE.COM. TOPIKMOVIE.COM. Search. prev; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 49; 50; next. · When the cast of Hidden Figures took home the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture on Sunday, Taraji P. Watch Hidden Figures starring Taraji P. Henson in this History on DIRECTV. It's available to watch on TV, online, tablets, phone. The story behind how Hidden Figures went from biography to Hollywood, as told by the author, cast and crew.

And this became my passion project. I was like, ‘I have to do this movie.’”3.

Upon hearing that Hidden Figures was given the green light to start filming, NASA employees hoped to lend a hand. They sent the script over, I commented on it and then spent a lot of time on the phone with Ted [Melfi, the film’s director], talking it, back and forth,” Bill Barry, NASA’s chief historian, told WIRED. Then the questions started pouring in.

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People all across NASA wanted to be involved in making sure the film was as accurate as possible.”4. That painstaking detail not only affected the interior of NASA headquarters, however. In order to mimic the 1. Hopper Stone. 5. Hidden Figures also served as a way to reunite former and current costars. Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner, who star in the film, previously worked together in 2. Black or White. Janelle Monáe and Mahershala Ali also starred alongside each other in another Oscar contender, Moonlight. Hidden Figures beat out Star Wars: Rogue One on its opening weekend.

There’s a scene in Hidden Figures that may have fans of 1. The Right Stuff — about the same space mission, but with a focus on the astronauts — doing a double take.

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The now- iconic scene of seven astronauts walking down a hallway was mirrored in Hidden Figures — only this time with Octavia Spencer’s Dorothy Vaughan leading the pack of women working at NASA. Watch the PEOPLE & EW Red Carpet Live Oscars preshow on Feb. ET/2 p. m. PT on the People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN). Watch A Life Less Ordinary Online Mic. Go to PEOPLE. com/PEN, or download the app on your favorite device. Then watch our Red Carpet Fashion Wrap- Up after the Oscars! John Glenn, who — with the help of the women’s calculations — became the first American astronaut to orbit Earth three times, admitted he was not a fan of The Right Stuff.

In a 1. 99. 6 interview, Glenn revealed he didn’t think the film “accurately reflected the people involved in the Mercury program, including me.” He died before getting to watch Hidden Figures. Henson was the only actress of the three leading ladies who had the opportunity to meet her real- life counterpart, Katherine Johnson. Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan passed away in 2.

Speaking of Katherine Johnson, the former NASA analyst approves of the film. “Katherine Johnson saw the movie and she really liked it,” said Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the book, Hidden Figures. So I think that is pretty much the highest praise you can give, when the person whose life is being shown on the screen says ‘Yep, that kind of looks like it!'”The Academy Awards kicks off live on ABC on Sunday, Feb. ET pre- show and 8: 3.

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