And we were all preoccupied with the emotional state of beings of our character, and trying to understand what that would be like. We were really focused on the events and the timelines and the realities of the aviators and the Navy at that time. Patrick obviously went deep into the intelligence side of things, we didn’t. And I think all of the cast really were preoccupied with that. From the Victorian ages.ĮS: But there were limits to our knowledge, but we’ve researched it as in-depth as we could. Or an insect in Malaysia or something- I’ve been bitten by a scuttlebutt. That’s a Navy term for a water fountain.ĮS: It sounds like a dance from the ‘40s! I’d like to do the scuttlebutt. Some of the Navy guys at the Pentagon were asking us Navy questions, and we were useless, because they were asking us what a scuttlebutt is. It’s a transport-like carrier in the Pacific.ĭid this movie make you guys very well versed in WWII history?ĮS: The very specifics of the Pacific Theater, and specifically dive bombers on the USS Enterprise, so we’re very niche. He was the guy who shot the torpedo to sink the Shinano. Maybe they did here and there, my uncles knew very little but they knew my granddad was in the war during this battle. It’s amazing to now know that my uncles … the thing is that these men didn’t talk about what they did. LUKE KLEINTANK: It’s the same for me, too. But more than anything, it’s really an honor to play these guys.ĭid you guys have any thoughts before your grandfather’s history when you were growing up?ĮS: You know what’s really sad? I didn’t know that my granddad … I knew that my granddad had fought in the war, but I didn’t know what he had done. The responsibility and the sense of duty that one feels when playing characters like this is unreal. Yes, it’s America’s story, but it’s global history. My grandfather’s generation, you know? Both of my grandfathers fought in the war and it was the same for Luke, so this is a part of our history. I’ve played real life characters on occasions, but this was representing a man from the Greatest Generation. I’ve never felt anything like this before in my life. Is there more pressure playing a historical figure or a well-known fictional character?ĮD SKREIN: 100% there’s more responsibility. sat down with Skrein and Kleintank to talk about the pressure and research that goes into portraying the Greatest Generation, the Navy's definition for the word "scuttlebutt," the DC Comics character Skrein wants to play in five years and more. Skrein has recently appeared in movies like “ Alita: Battle Angel,” “ Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and “ If Beale Street Could Talk” Kleintank was mostly recently seen in “Crown Vic,” “ The Goldfinch,” and the last three seasons of Amazon’s alternate reality WWII series “The Man in the High Castle.”
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