Changes: Evans

Latest revision as of 14:41, 31 May 2019

"Copy all Houston. Matt, immediate return to Explorer. Repeat, immediate return to Explorer."

―Captain Evans in Gravity

Captain Evans

Evans' corpse floating in the wrecked Explorer

Age	30s or 40s

Gender	Female

Occupation	NASA astronaut

Portrayed by	Amy Warren (voice)

Captain Evans was the female commanding officer of the Explorer during the STS-157 mission.

Character Biography[]

Evans' life prior to the events of Gravity was unknown, although she likely spent much time with NASA, considering her rank. She was the commanding officer of the Explorer during the STS- 157 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Evans did not partake in the spacewalk of the mission. Instead, she remained on board the Explorer and was heard talking with Houston Ground Control and Commander Matt Kowalski.

Evans, along with Thomas, was killed when the debris from a Russian satellite destroyed the shuttle, causing her to be exposed to the extreme conditions of space where she died from anoxia. Her frozen corpse was later seen floating around the Explorer's wreck along with Thomas. Evans' corpse startled Dr. Ryan Stone as she and Kowalski were searching for survivors.

Trivia[]

Captain Evans was voiced by American actress Amy Warren.
Her name is only revealed upon close inspection of her mission patch. One can figure out through simple deduction that Evans was the female astronaut through process of elimination. Dasari, Stone and Kowalski were all on the spacewalk and listed quite clearly, however the two in the shuttle were more ambiguous. Looking at the patch reveals two more names, Thomas and Evans. Since Thomas was named after Andy Thomas, it can be assumed that he is the male astronaut and that leaves only Evans to be the female Explorer Captain.
Evans is listed in the script as "Explorer Cap."
Evans is her last name. Much like Thomas, her first name is unknown.
The scene where Kowalski and Stone find Evans' corpse is often thought of as the most startling and frightening moment in the entire film.
It can be assumed that the retainer belonged to Evans since her mouth was open.
She may have been named after Ronald Evans, an astronaut from the final moon landing mission, Apollo 17.

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 |gender = Female
 |occupation = NASA astronaut
-|portrayer = [[Amy Warren]]|image = Screen_Shot_2014-02-05_at_6.02.28_PM.png
+|portrayer = [[Amy Warren]] (voice)|image = Screen_Shot_2014-02-05_at_6.02.28_PM.png
 |caption = Evans' corpse floating in the wrecked Explorer}}'''''
-'''''Captain Evans''''' was the female commanding officer of the [[Explorer Space Shuttle|space shuttle ''Explorer'']] during  the [[STS-157|STS 157]] mission.
+'''''Captain Evans''''' was the female commanding officer of the[[Explorer Space Shuttle| ''Explorer'']] during the [[STS-157]] mission.
 ==Character Biography==
-Evans' life prior to the events of ''Gravity'' is unknown, although she had likely spent much time with NASA. She was the commanding officer of the space shuttle ''Explorer'' during the STS 157 mission to the Hubble telescope. Evans did not partake in the spacewalk of the mission. Instead, she remained on board the ''Explorer'', and was heard talking with the Houston ground control and Commander [[Matt Kowalski]].
+Evans' life prior to the events of ''Gravity'' was unknown, although she likely spent much time with NASA, considering her rank. She was the commanding officer of the ''Explorer'' during the STS- 157 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Evans did not partake in the spacewalk of the mission. Instead, she remained on board the ''Explorer'' and was heard talking with Houston Ground Control and Commander [[Matt Kowalski]].
-Evans, along with [[Thomas]], was killed when debris from a Russian satellite'' ''destroyed the shuttle, causing her to be exposed to the extreme conditions of space, where she died from [[Anoxia]]. Her frozen corpse was later seen floating around the ''Explorer'''s wreck, along with Thomas. Evans's corpse startled Dr. [[Ryan Stone]] as she and Kowalski were searching for survivors.
+Evans, along with [[Thomas]], was killed when the debris from a Russian satellite'' ''destroyed the shuttle, causing her to be [[Space exposure|exposed]] to the extreme conditions of space where she died from [[anoxia]]. Her frozen corpse was later seen floating around the ''Explorer'''s wreck along with Thomas. Evans' corpse startled Dr. [[Ryan Stone]] as she and Kowalski were searching for survivors.
 ==Trivia==
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 *Evans is listed in the script as "Explorer Cap."
 *Evans is her last name. Much like Thomas, her first name is unknown.
+*The scene where Kowalski and Stone find Evans' corpse is often thought of as the most startling and frightening moment in the entire film.
 *It can be assumed that the [[Retainer|retainer]] belonged to Evans since her mouth was open.
+*She may have been named after Ronald Evans, an astronaut from the final moon landing mission, Apollo 17.
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