One of the movies I'm most excited about this year is Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's Warfare. It's a touching tribute to Mendoza's squadron of SEALs, who went through a pretty hairy situation during the battle of Ramadi in 2006. His platoon member was injured and has no memory of the events of that day, so this movie is Mendoza's tribute to him and what happened there. In order to make a movie that important, what occurs on screen has to be real, and the actors playing the roles have to experience real emotions. Mendoza is no stranger to blending the military and Hollywood. He served as a consultant on Act of Valor and Lone Survivor. And he wanted to make sure his stars would deliver. The ensemble includes D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as Mendoza, with Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henry Zaga, and Charles Melton.So, how do you get this group of actors to bond as a group so they behave as a cohesive unit while filming these intense scenes?In a Q&A after the film, Connor said, “I know that we all wanted to create this brotherhood and create this bond because that would make our jobs a lot easier.” Connor continued, “So the first thing that we did on our first night was shave each other’s heads, which was something that excited us all and it felt slightly ritualistic. We suddenly felt like we...
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