Former NASA astronaut José Hernández has a cameo as a space shuttle closeout crew member opposite actor Michael Peña, who plays Hernández in"A Million Miles Away."The new film from director Alejandra Márquez Abella stars Michael Peña as Hernández and is based on the former"A Million Miles Away" opened in limited theaters on Sept.
"A Million Miles Away" follows Hernández and his family through his boyhood to becoming an engineer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory while also applying and being rejected eleven times to become an astronaut.
Alejandra Márquez Abella: Wow, that's a nice thing to hear. No, everything was shot in Mexico. NASA was shot in Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. So I am happy that you got confused.: Like any film based on true story, there are some liberties taken with what"A Million Miles" depicts and what actually transpired. José, was there anything you would have liked changed?: From that perspective, no.