Posted on 09/17/2019 5:18:47 AM PDT by w1n1
The movie “Saving Private Ryan” is a classic military movie directed by Steven Spieldberg. The main characters of the movie all went through a mini boot camp taught by Warriors Inc Cadre (Founded by Ret. USMC Capt Dale Adam Dye – a California company that specializes in training actors for realistic military portrayals, for movies), the trainers of the 80's hit movie "Platoon", that shaped Charlie Sheen & Tom Berenger into grunts.
Here are some of the things that the main characters under went from Warriors Inc. to get them not into shape, but the shaping of the characters behind the grunts of WWII.
Warriors Inc. Cadre included the CO, 1stSgt. John Barnett, Sgt. Billy Budd, T5 Brian Maynard (Medic) and Cpl. Laird Macintosh as Platoon Right Guide. As we designed the WW II Ranger training schedule, we assigned each Cadre member a specific actor/trainee for special attention. Capt. Dye focused on Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks), 1stSgt. Barnett worked with SFC Horvath (Tom Sizemore), T5 Maynard taught T4 Wade the squad medic and Cpl. Macintosh worked with T4 Upham, the attached interpreter. We all pitched in to provide training and character building background for the remaining three Rangers in training.
The Cadre designed a seven-day, seven-night schedule that was to take place in the deep woods near Hatfield, England, an abandoned British Aerospace manufacturing plant where several of the major sets were being built. The weather typically turned English on us. It was raining most of the time and mud quickly became an infantry mobility problem. Regardless, we were up early each morning for PT, which included long runs to improve stamina and endurance. Weapons handling was a priority and we spent long hours firing and reloading M-1s, Thompson SMGs, carbines and BARs under simulated combat conditions. Weapons maintenance also became critical as the rain and mud were always getting into actions as the troops crawled or maneuvered through the rough terrain. Read the rest of training actors for war games.
Funny...I knew an older guy, Puerto Rican in extraction, who got a job in Florida as a middle eastern role player used in training soldiers heading to Iraq and Afghanistan.
He was just playing the part of an old arab man, wearing a gray disdasha and a prayer cap, and was used in various training exercises for crowd control, etc.
I had to laugh...he is Puerto Rican, but with all the garb, to my eye, he sure looked a lot like a traditional muslim. Of course, he had a bit of an old man face, so I think that helped.
That, and he was a complete ham.
“Spieldberg”?
I’m sure there was time between scenes for the Lefties on the set to cut anti-gun commercials for Mom’s Demand Action, because...guns bad...or something.
...as an infantry captain.
I knew him in the USMC.
He was a former HAWK missile man who became a WO in public affairs. He wrote a weekly article in the base paper, but he wasn’t a badass.
or an astronaut see Apollo 13!
Or Sully.
forgot about that!
I’m pretty sure in the extras included with the Band of Brothers DVD box set, you can watch the training those guys got prior to filming.
Halfway through my career in adult corrections, I took a transfer to a newly opened juvenile corrections boot camp. Since
I did not serve in the armed forces, I studied for my position as a drill instructor the same way an actor trained for a role. The most challenging parts were developing the DI voice, and knowing how to teach drill & ceremony. I was fortunate to be the son of a US Marine who helped along with several other friends who did tours as a DI. Best job I ever had.
he got a bronze star with V and two hearts in a Hawk battery???
damn... dint know it was that rough a duty...
Yeah, it’s like the guy is a...good actor.
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