Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise (played by Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton, respectively) were ...

Read on for some of Howard’s behind-the-scenes secrets about the movie. He accidentally peed himself in front of Kevin Bacon.

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Ron Howard Honors Real-Life 'Apollo 13' Hero After Death originally appeared on Parade. Legendary actor and director Ron Howard, 71, paid a heartfelt tribute to the real-life hero behind his ...

Ron Howard admitted he didn't think his mother, Jean Speegle Howard, could play a role in Apollo 13. The actress took her false teeth out during an audition to prove she could play older. "I said, ...

Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) on board in his spacesuit in Apollo 13. Image via Universal Pictures Jim Lovell, the heroic NASA astronaut whose calm leadership during the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission ...

Ron Howard had doubts about casting his mother in Apollo 13 until he saw her without false teeth. The 71-year-old put his mum Jean Speegle Howard, in his 1995 space drama movie as astronaut Jim Lovell ...

Legendary actor and director Ron Howard, 71, paid a heartfelt tribute to the real-life hero behind his Oscar-winning film Apollo 13, following the death of astronaut James “Jim” Lovell on August 7, ...

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis for the hit movie "Apollo 13," ...

Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard married his high school sweetheart Cheryl in 1975, and they recently marked 50 ...