Contagion Movie Cast Release Video PSAs Explaining What To Do Amid COVID-19 Crisis

The cast of the movie Contagion--a film about a virus that starts in China and then moves across the world--has released a series of PSA videos urging people to stay home to help stem the spread of the real-world coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.

Five members of the cast--including Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard, and Jennifer Ehle--have teamed up with the Columbia Universal Mailman School of Public Health to tell the public critical information about COVID-19 and how to stay safe and recognize misinfornation. Director Steven Soderbergh and writer Scott Z. Burns are also featured in the videos.

Winslet plays an epidemiologist in the movie Contagion, and she said in her PSA that she prepared for her role by speaking to some of the best public health experts in the world. "One of the most important things they told me: Wash your hands like your life depends on it. Because right now, in particular, it might," she said in her video, which also includes a tutorial for how to best wash your hands.

Damon, meanwhile, talks about the importance of listening to experts, while Fishburne's video is aimed at measures you can take to help stop the spread of the virus. Cotillard speaks about what might happen if we fail to listen to the advice of experts, while Ehle speaks about the "novel" nature of the virus.

You can check out the videos from Damon and Winslet embedded in this post, while the videos from Fishburne, Cotillard, and Ehle are are available here on YouTube. More information can be found at the Control the Contagion website.

Contagion the movie surged in popularity at the onset of the coronavirus. Burns, the writer of the movie, called out the Trump administration for the handling of the situation in a March 2020 interview.