Halle Berry's latest role in thriller 'Moonfall' was originally written for a man

HOLLYWOOD -- Halle Berry heads the cast of the new sci-fi action adventure "Moonfall."

Earth is in big trouble in this movie, and Berry's character is one of the people hoping to save the world from total destruction.

Roland Emmerich directs the cast in "Moonfall" with Berry playing a former astronaut turned executive at NASA who's dealing with an emergency of epic proportions: a mysterious force has knocked the moon from its orbit around Earth.

Now, it's heading straight for the planet with the end result expected to be Earth's annihilation. Why is it happening? Can it be stopped?

"Get ready! It's a classic Roland Emmerich disaster film that's surely going to entertain you," Berry told ABC7's George Pennacchio. "You're going to see some special effects and things that you probably haven't seen before."

Berry said you can enjoy this action-packed film as a fun ride or you can put on your conspiracy theory thinking caps and go deeper.

"If you do get into the complexities, there is certainly real conversation to be had," she said. "There's a debate and we would have, a healthy debate, all the time on the set about all of these theories and what was true and what wasn't true and what we all believed and things we had read. It's never-ending. This role was originally written for a man. Talk about diversity. I love that Roland had the forethought and the idea to diversify this role and make her a Black woman. That was pretty impressive."

"Moonfall" is rated PG-13 and opens on Friday, Feb. 4th.