:15:04
This is really trying to
approximate the look and smells
:15:08
of what battle is really like.
:15:10
Captain, we could
take her to the next town.
:15:13
We're not here to do that!
We're here to follow orders!
:15:17
Before filming, Dale Dye,
our technical consultant,
:15:20
Captain Dye took them through
basic training in the field.
:15:24
And they were put through
the grist mill.
:15:27
Get those people in there!
:15:30
I believe that there is
a certain heart and spirit
:15:34
that's common
throughout fighting men.
:15:36
And actors, who are like dry
sponges until you pour on water,
:15:41
need to be immersed
in the rigorous lifestyle
:15:44
and the horrors that
infantrymen and combat people
:15:48
all over the world face.
:15:50
On paper it sounds fantastic,
but out there...
:15:53
I found plenty
of arguments against it.
:15:56
The actual experience of it,
it's almost indescribable.
:16:01
It was the worst experience
of my life.
:16:04
It was physically exhausting...
and tough.
:16:08
We hiked everywhere,
it rained, it was cold,
:16:11
and we slept on the ground
:16:13
and ate food from cans
heated over tiny stoves.
:16:16
We had him yelling
we were doing things wrong,
:16:20
and learned combat techniques.
:16:21
I immersed them
in that lifestyle.
:16:24
I make them eat rations, shoot
at them with blank ammunition,
:16:28
I beat on them, make them
crawl and sleep in the mud.
:16:33
And when they come out
at the end
:16:36
they have an inkling
of what it's like -
:16:39
the hardships,
the sacrifices people make
:16:42
to serve their country
in the military.
:16:44
The only way
to really get through it
:16:47
was to kind of shut down myself
:16:50
and become,
you know, the soldiers.
:16:53
After a while,
it became second nature.
:16:55
You don't have
to think about it.
:16:58
It was something
I'd probably never do again,