They have Funko Pops.
By all public measures, theyre hits.
In fact, if you asked most people if theyd heard of it, they might say No.
Just a normal day on For All Mankind.Image: Apple TV+
Its a little bit of a bummer, star Joel Kinnaman told io9 over video chat recently.
Its sort of how awards culture works.
Very rarely does a show come back into awards conversation.
Kinneman as Ed in season four. He’s a mean old man now.Image: Apple TV+
And I think that it deserves to be in those conversations in many aspects.
But you know, it is what it is.
What would that have done to our country and the world?
Marshall leads the Mars base in season four.Image: Apple TV+
You know, its like, Oh, its not just like Mad Men in NASA, you know?
Its a much bigger, grander vision than that.
But actually on the inside, he is something very different.
Danielle and Ed chatting on Mars.Image: Apple TV+
An emotionally tumultuous man that has difficulty handling his emotions and his rage and his impulsivity.
Shes since evolved into a worldwide celebrity herself, the first American on Mars, and a formidable leader.
However, Marshall explained to us that the characters evolution happened on the fly.
Toby Kebbell joined the show in season 4.Image: Apple TV+
She was meant to be one of the astronaut candidates.
Thats another part of For All Mankinds magic.
Scripts go through multiple drafts before actors see them.
Then it starts all over again.
I love this connection here.
Its something that I love that our writers do is that theyre ruthless, Marshall said.
You love Tracy and Gordo?
You love Molly Cobb?
I think thats great, you know?
Because thats what happens in real life.
Anybody can die at any time, Marshall said.
Danielle doesnt have some invisibility cloak that prevents her from dying.
It will be as big of a surprise to me as it is to you.
Kinnaman felt similarily while embracing the shows potential.
It depends on how long the show goes, you know?
I dont know how much further he can go, but, yeah, well see.
Only the future will tell.
The future of For All Mankind is, arguably, the most exciting thing about it.
First it was the moon, then it was Mars, now a rogue asteroid.
Showing what 2023 would look like in the alternate For All Mankind universe would be incredibly cool.
The ultimate what if?
But Kinnaman wants just a little bit more.
For starters, its not an easy show to explain.
Many of the most popular shows these days focus on the worst of people.
For All Mankind says, in spite of all that, dont forget humanity is capable of great things.
Of letting people travel to the moon.
Creating a colony on Mars.
Maybe, one day, thatll also be the case for the show itself.
For All Mankind is currently in the middle of whats so far been a dynamite fourth season.
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