Andy Weir

He's like, yeah, take a long time.

Think about it for a long, long time.

Well, yeah, in the book, there's like, hey... Jeff Probst went back.

Jeff Probst went back, but also there's like reports that the sun, you know, the Earth's sun is back in action, right?

Like, Rylan Grace gets like news that probably it worked.

Right.

But we're not seeing the reality of Strat on the...

In the frozen ocean.

You know, like how bad it got before this information came back and how long it took based on her fairly well done old age makeup and wig watch.

She made the right choice.

He was the right person.

Exactly.

That little figurine that is of him that she now has, this little Xenonite.

But also, Strat loves merch, apparently, because she put that Funko Pop right on her dashboard.

I mean, I love that.

I love that you describe yourself as a Pollyanna.

Rylan Grace describes himself as an optimist inside of this book.

So I'm curious.

I'm always interested in the author self-insert, like how much of you is in Rylan?

And then what is it like then to see Ryan Gosling play this character on screen?