VIDEO : Cory Michael Smith Will Play Astronaut In Neil Armstrong Movie

Cory Michael Smith is set to join Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong biopic 'First Man'. The 30-year-old actor - who is best known for playing The Riddler in 'Gotham' - is going to be cast as astronaut Roger Chaffee in 'La La Land' filmmaker Chazelle's space picture , Deadline reports. The motion picture will be based in the years from 1961 to 1969, the year Armstrong landed on the moon, and will look at the astronaut, his family and NASA's efforts to get the man up on the orbiting rock.