Hilary Swank unveiled the official trailer for her upcoming Netflix series, Away, where she portrays an astronaut on a journey to Mars.
‘Good morning everyone and happy Monday! I am SO EXCITED to be one of the first to share with you the trailer for my new show,’ the two-time Oscar winner captioned a suspenseful clip for her one million Instagram followers.
The two-and-a-half minute teaser for the drama, which debuts on September 4, depicted her crew’s intense journey into space and pain from being away from their loved ones on Earth.
Space series: Hilary Swank unveiled the official trailer for her upcoming Netflix series, Away, where she portrays an astronaut on a journey to Mars
‘I got you a present,’ Swank tells her on-screen daughter (played by Talitha Bateman) in the opening scene of the clip. ‘That’s the Earth, the Moon, Mars. And the string is me, making my way back to you.
The video then pans to her at a press conference, saying, ‘The only thing I’ve ever known for sure in my life is that I wanted to be on the first mission to Mars.’
Later, she tells her husband (The Good Wife’s Josh Charles), ‘It’s only three years, and I’ll be right back.’
Tough job: The two-and-a-half minute teaser for the drama, which debuts on September 4, depicted the crew’s journey into space intensifying and pain from being away from their loved ones on Earth
He joking responds, ‘Okay. I guess I won’t miss you, then.’
After blasting off, her fellow astronauts video conference with family members and she feels guilt-ridden for not being home with her family.
As it is revealed she is more than ’20 million miles from the people she loves,’ her husband appears to have a seizure and collapses in front of their daughter.
‘I got you a present,’ Swank tells her on-screen daughter in the clip. ‘That’s the Earth, the Moon, Mars. And the string is me, making my way back to you
Making sacrifices: Later, she tells her husband, ‘It’s only three years and I’ll be right back’
‘You think you’re the only one haunted by the sacrifices you made to get here?’ a male co-worker asks, before she can be seen wiping away tears.
Another adds, ‘We haven’t done anything nearly as dangerous, as what we’re about to do.’
In another dramatic scene her teenage daughter says she loves her, but questions why her mother ‘had to do this.’
The video then pans to her at a presence conference, saying, ‘The only thing I’ve ever known for sure in my life is that I wanted to be on the first mission to Mars’
Stressed: Her struggle to navigate through her personal turmoil and stress of the job appears to worry others on board
Later, Swank responds that her little girl is her reason ‘to hold on tight’ and return safely.
Her struggle to navigate through personal turmoil and the stress of the job worries others on board.
After a fiery explosion, when asked to explain what happened, her co-worker says, ‘She froze.’
Under pressure: After a fiery explosion, when asked to explain what happened, her co-worker says, ‘She froze’
Unexpected: After blasting off, her fellow astronauts video conferencing with family members on Earth, she feels guilt-ridden for not home with her loved ones
‘You think you’re the only one haunted by the sacrifices you made to get here?’ a male co-worker asks, before she can be seen wiping away tears
‘I didn’t come here to fail,’ another female astronaut tells her, before pointing out she’s looking in the ‘wrong’ direction, reminding her to look up at the stars.
During a meeting with everyone in the cabin, one astronaut reminds the group they’re ‘all scared, but it’s about having faith in each other.’
‘Whatever comes next, we can take it on together,’ she agrees.
Bonding: During a meeting with everyone in the cabin, one astronaut reminds the group they’re ‘all scared, but it’s about having faith in each other’
Missing mom: In another dramatic scene her teenage daughter says she loves her, but question why her mother ‘had to do this’
Swank recently spoke to Deadline about the space series.
‘I love that this commander of the mission to Mars is a woman and that’s not the drama of the story. That shows how far we’ve come towards equality. The drama was these richly, racial backgrounds, these people who are on this journey, working towards a goal together, while having this gravitational pull to Earth, these families that made it a love story,’ she told the outlet.
She added: ‘My character was dealing with this dream come true of this mission to Mars, dream come true of being a mother, which was unexpected, and growing these deep relationships with these other human beings she was on this mission with and breaking through these stereotypes.’
Determined: In the drama, Swank plays Emma Green, an American astronaut and former Navy pilot
In the drama, Swank plays Emma Green, an American astronaut and former Navy pilot.
According to the show’s logline, the show follows Emma Green’s dangerous mission with an international space crew.
The cast also includes Mark Ivanir as Misha Popov, Ato Essandoh as Kwesi Weisberg-Adebayo, Ray Panthaki as Ram Arya, Vivian Wu as Lu Wang, and Monique Curnen as Melissa Ramirez.
Best of the best: Swank has won two Best Actress Oscars: first in 2000 for Boys Don’t Cry and again in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby