If there is indeed a multiverse where in every possible outcome happens, then in one of those universes Marv Murchins, one half of the "Wet Bandits" from "Home Alone," is serving as NASA administrator.
As unlikely as that might seem, such a thing is sort of playing out in the current season of "For All Mankind." Actor Daniel Stern, who is perhaps best known for his role as Marv from the 1990 Christmas comedy film, has taken on the part of the space agency's chief in the Apple TV+ alternate space history series.
"They called me up and said, 'Are you interested in playing Eli Hobson, the head of NASA?' and I put the phone down and laughed for about 20 minutes," said Stern in an interview with collectSPACE.com. "I then told my wife and she was like, "What are they drunk? You, as the head of NASA?"
But then Stern read the script and began watching the show. He got hooked on its scope and how it merged the production quality of a very expensive film with the intimacy and character development of a long-running television series. He was particularly taken by the fun the writers were having crafting the show's alternate timeline, which began with the Soviets beating the Americans to landing humans on the moon in 1969.
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