Joel Kinnaman Reveals How He Researched His 'For All Mankind' Character

Joel Kinnaman is hard at work promoting his upcoming Apple TV+ series For All Mankind!

The 39-year-old actor was joined by cast members Shantel VanSanten, Sarah Jones, Michael Dorman, Wrenn Schmidt, and Jodi Balfour for an appearance at the Build Series on Monday afternoon (October 28) in New York City.

The night before, the six actors all were in attendance for the show’s Washington, D.C. premiere.

At the Build Series, Joel opened up about the research he did for the new show, which imagines a world in which the U.S. lost the space race and continued to push for further exploration.

“For me, most of the research I did was watching the documentaries and familiarizing myself with the times, sort of how people were thinking at the time. I talked a lot with my dad, who wasn’t quite of that generation, was the generation after, but still grew up in that time,” Joel said.

“What I found really fascinating was all these accounts from astronauts who looked back at earth from a distance and for so many of them, that was a transformational experience. Seeing the little blue orb in the vast ocean of black, it made them reevaluate what was important and I think that was something that really made me feel like this is still a very important story to tell,” he added.