Yeah, there’s that responsibility and I think that’s what drives you as an actor, a storyteller with (director) Joe (Kosinski). It’s our responsibility to show that story. I think that’s where that communal thing comes in, where everybody goes through their own fear of wanting to make people watching MacKenzie or Marsh that didn’t know them, know who they are after this movie comes out.

Serving MacKenzie and Steve and Marsh and McDonough and these guys, it’s a responsibility that I think all of us absolutely loved and were honored by.

Taylor: To go back to the training as well, to have (real wildland firefighters) there, it really is, to me, a small percentage of why we’re there.

Q: What was the one thing you wanted to make sure you captured about these real people?

I think anybody you talk to that was involved would echo that.Įric (Josh) bawls out rookie Brendan (Miles) Courtesy of Sony Pictures He was our leader, top of the call sheet and he just carried that through the whole production. Josh had an open door policy and he really was the catalyst and energy behind this. It didn’t matter if it was somebody’s first movie because they looked like the actual guy or you’re Josh. It was a kick in the gut.Īs far as a cast rehearsal goes, the bootcamp, I don’t think anything brings you closer together than collective suffering. I guess that was something that helps your blood oxygenate better. Josh (Brolin) was giving everybody chlorophyll. We were filming some locations that were 10,000 feet above sea level. We were hiking and we shot in Santa Fe which I also didn’t know was the highest altitude capitol in the country. I had seen some videos but it was tough, man. I knew it was going to be tough but I wasn’t versed on hotshot training before I showed up. Miles: I think I underestimated the physical aspect of the job.

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