What's the Difference between Project Hail Mary the Book and Project Hail Mary the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Dr. Ryland Grace
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Dr. Ryland Grace
Portrayed by: Ryan Gosling
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Eva Stratt
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Eva Stratt
Portrayed by: Sandra Hüller
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Rocky
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Rocky
Portrayed by: James Ortiz
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This Character does not appear.
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Officer Carl
Portrayed by: Lionel Boyce
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Yáo Li-Jie
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Yáo Li-Jie
Portrayed by: Ken Leung
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Olesya Ilyukhina
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Olesya Ilyukhina
Portrayed by: Milana Vayntrub
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Annie Shapiro
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Annie Shapiro
Portrayed by: Liz Kingsman
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Dr. Lamai
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This Character does not appear.
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Martin Dubois
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Martin Dubois
Portrayed by: Malachi Kirby
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Project Hail Mary Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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When Grace spots Blip A, he just watches as it approaches to 217 meters away. He is excited but does not panic. |
Grace take manual control of the Hail Mary and tries to avoid Blip A as it approaches him. |
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The Blip A hull robot throws a cylinder to the Hail Mary very slowly, Grace performs an EVA to retrieve it. Grace throws it back to the hull robot much faster. The cylinder is returned at a faster speed and is sent through the open hatch of the Hail Mary. |
The Blip A hull robot throws the first cylinder towards the Hail Mary at a high speed, it bounces off of the hull and is lost. A second cylinder is thrown slower which Grace is able to catch.
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The cylinder from Blip A is hot enough to burn Grace's hand when he touches it. It contains trace amounts of ammonia gas which is annoying, but not harmful. |
Grace does not burn himself on the cylinder, but the Ammonia gas in it makes Grace gag and put it into a glovebox to protect himself from the gas. |
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Grace chisels off a section of the Hail Mary hull (aluminum) and throws it to the hull robot so that the aliens will know what the hull is made of. |
This does not happen in the film.
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Rocky is uncomfortable with anyone watching him eat, but allows Grace to watch once, for science. Rocky’s carapace opens at the bottom and waste drops out, then he turns over on his back and drops food into his body. He then goes into a food coma. Grace does eat and drink in front of Rocky, but Rocky is quiet while Grace eats as he is uncomfortable with it. |
Rocky is not uncomfortable with Grace watching him eat, but Grace is repulsed by it a bit. |