National Geographic adds exclusive look at ‘The Right Stuff” to D23 Expo 2019
An exclusive sneak peek of the new scripted series “The Right Stuff,” based on Tom Wolfe’s novel, will be presented at D23 Expo 2019, as well as as the ability to meet the cast.
The fan experiences will start Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, with a cast autograph signing and meet-and-greet at Talent Central from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m.
From 2:30 to 3 p.m., at Center Stage, special guest moderator, retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott will have a Q&A and first look at the series.
From 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Walt Disney Television booth, fans will get another chance to meet and take pictures with the cast and Stott. Finally, at 4:30 p.m., the cast will serve as Grand Marshalls for the D23 Street Party, leading the festive indoor parade across the show room floor inside the convention center.
Making appearances at the event are:
- Jake McDorman (“What We Do in the Shadows,” “Lady Bird”) who portrays Alan Shepard
- Colin O’Donoghue (“Once Upon a Time,” “Carrie Pilby,” “The Rite”) who portrays Lt.
Gordon Cooper - Aaron Staton (“Narcos: Mexico,” “Castle Rock”) who portrays “Wally Schirra”,
- Michael Trotter (“Underground,” “The Evening Hour”) who portrays Gus Grissom
- , Micah Stock (“Brittany Runs a Marathon,” “Escape at Dannemora”) who portrays Deke Slayton
- James Lafferty (“The Haunting of Hill House,” “Small Town Crime”) who portrays Scott Carpenter
The first season of “The Right Stuff,” which uses Wolfe’s book as its starting point, starts at the height of the Cold War. To combat a national sentiment of fear and decline, the U.S. government conceives of NASA’s Project Mercury, igniting a space race with the Soviets and making instant celebrities of a handful of the military’s adrenaline-fueled test pilots.
