John C. McGinley has opened up about the intense training camp that he and his fellow Platoon co-stars endured while filming the iconic Vietnam War movie, including knife injuries and run-ins with snakes. 'It was just all getting terribly real.'
Platoon star John C. McGinley has disclosed just how extreme the training camp for the 1986 film really was for the cast. McGinley portrayed Sergeant O'Neill in Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning blockbuster, an abrasive soldier who is part of the infantry that newcomer Chris is assigned to when he joins the Vietnam War.
Much of Platoon's success was thanks to its grim and unflinchingly realistic portrayal of the Vietnam War. However, never one for the orthodox approach, director/screenwriter Oliver Stone's preferred method to achieve this was by dropping his actors in a Philippine jungle and leaving them to undergo a back-breaking military training course organised by military consultant Dale Dyer, who would later coordinate something similar with the cast of Saving Private Ryan.
"...What was hard was learning how to read maps, load weapons and be in this triple canopy jungle out in the middle of frickin’ nowhere. We were eating MREs – Meals Ready to Eat – and nobody could poop ... Willem [Dafoe] drank water from a river when there was a decomposing oxen downstream and he got medivacked, Tom dropped a knife in his f***king foot – it was just all getting terribly real. And there were snakes.
The Scrubs star went on to elaborate just how much of an effect the rigorous training had on his performance when shooting finally began. It seemed to McGinley that there was in fact very little acting involved when delivering certain lines, since the intensity of what he had gone through meant it was virtually no effort to believe the reality of what he was saying.
Directors looking to add that extra flavour of realism into their work isn't an uncommon occurrence. Stanley Kubrick famously cast real Marine drill sergeant R. Lee Ermey in his Vietnam epic Full Metal Jacket to help give his actors a better sense of the unforgiving life of a soldier. However, based on the serious harm and near-death experiences of his cast members, it does appear that Stone may have pushed it a little too far in trying to harness the grim reality of the Vietnam War.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Comparing Catastrophes: How Would a Global and a “Small” Nuclear War Impact Our Planet?If the nightmare scenario should occur, what would be the impact on our species and the planet? Let's find out.
Weiterlesen »
'No Winners in a Nuclear War': US, Russia, China, UK, and France Issue Rare Joint StatementICAN's Beatrice Fihn laments that the five leaders 'write this 'nice' statement but [do] exactly the opposite in reality. They're in a nuclear arms race, expanding nuclear arsenals, spending billions on modernizing, and constantly prepared to start a nuclear war.'
Weiterlesen »
'Peacemaker' Declares War on Self-Serious SuperheroesWith HBO Max’s ‘Peacemaker,’ writer-director James Gunn packs a gloriously goofy superhero parody and a sincere character study into one irreverent series. Alan Sepinwall’s review
Weiterlesen »
Opinion | Can Social Media Alter a War?From WSJopinion: A 2019 experiment exploited Facebook and Instagram to manipulate soldiers, writes AndyKessler
Weiterlesen »
Teachers, Whether They Like It Or Not, at Culture War Front Lines With Jan. 6 EducationTalking to students about what happened on Jan. 6 is increasingly fraught.
Weiterlesen »
In nation at war with itself, one town tries cup of civility: ‘As long as it’s respectful, you can talk about whatever your beliefs are’Against the coronavirus and other problems, we’re conspicuously not “all in this together,” as the pandemic cliché claims. There’s no common set of facts.
Weiterlesen »