Halle Berry on Moonfall and Why People Love End of the World Movies

With director Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall arriving in theaters this weekend, I got to speak with Halle Berry about making the movie. If you haven’t seen the Moonfall trailer, or the first five minutes of the movie, the film tells the story of an unlikely team of individuals (Berry, John Bradley, and Patrick Wilson) who are tasked with saving the Earth when the moon is knocked off its orbit by a mysterious force and comes hurtling towards earth. Moonfall also stars Michael Peña, Donald Sutherland, Kelly Yu, Eme Ikwuakor, Carolina Bartczak, and Charlie Plummer. The script was written by Emmerich, Harald Kloser, and Spenser Cohen. During the interview, Berry talks about why people love watching end of the world movies and TV shows, what surprised her about working with Emmerich, her reaction to seeing the movie for the first time and seeing the finished VFX, and the first thing someone should watch if they’ve never seen her work. In addition, she talked about directing again and why she won’t act in i