always going to have questions,” he adds, explaining that the film was also for his friend Oscar, who didn’t come back alive.
Mendoza says “he loved every minute of working with Garland,” adding, “I’m grateful for the experience I had with Alex.”
Will Poulter also acknowledged the gravity of the experience: “It was a super immersive, incredibly challenging and revealing experience to step into combat boots for a short period.”
“The conversations you have when you’re required to focus completely on that being your reality for a moment are super poignant and powerful.”
“Everyone hoped and strove to achieve authenticity,” adds Connor, “because there are few things worse than a war film that doesn’t feel real, particularly when it’s portraying events that are so intrinsically hooked up with emotion.”
They also recognise their privilege as actors – “Every single one of us understood that we were only pretending,” says Connor. “There need to be lower-budget films so the stories of the people who’ve been through these challenges can also be heard”…
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