Where The Cast Of Armageddon Is Now
David Wilson
Updated on March 06, 2026
The only major female character among the extremely male-centric cast of "Armageddon," Grace Stamper (Liv Tyler) plays the love interest of one of the male leads and the daughter of the other. This has her cover all the female archetype bases in a movie like this, with both of the main heroes — dad and boyfriend — working together to save her while also competing over who will make her the most proud.
She's also on the receiving end of what is probably the movie's single cheesiest moment, where Ben Affleck's character answers her question about whether anyone is doing what they are doing at that moment with, "I hope so...otherwise, what the hell are we trying to save?" as Aerosmith's "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" plays in the background.
Tyler had already had multiple lead roles in films by the time she was in "Armageddon," including "Empire Records," "That Thing You Do," and "Stealing Beauty." Remarkably, "Armageddon" wouldn't even be her biggest film project, not by a long shot — she played Lady Arwen in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. She continued to make movies in the 2010s but shifted her focus to television during that decade, playing main characters on the series "The Leftovers," "Gunpowder," "Harlots," and "9-1-1: Lone Star."