Back when DVDs were cutting edge technology, I bought a copy of, "A Bridge Too Far," which had some added features including a, "making of," documentary. In the film, Anthony Hopkins plays LTC John Frost who commanded the battalion of British paratroopers that went, "a bridge too far," and got trapped in Arnhem. The real John Frost was hired as a technical consultant for the film.
In an interview with Hopkins he related how in one scene he had to run across a street between a house the British had fortified, and a train station being used as a field expedient hospital for his wounded. The street was covered by German fire, and so Hopkins ran, ducking and dodging across the street. The real John Frost intervened, scolding Hopkins and telling him no British office worth his measure would ever let his soldiers see him ducking and dodging like that as it would induce panic. Frost stated that if they wanted to portray the scene as it actually happened, Hopkins should walk upright, move quickly, smartly and directly to where he intended to go, oblivious to the bullets and explosions around him.
The film makers rejected the reality suggested by Frost under the assumption the audience would not believe it.
LOL, that reminds me of a scene I read about in “Colder Than Hell” about the Chosin Reservoir campaign, and a 6’5” Lieutanant (Joseph Owen) wanted to duck to the ground under fire, but he was near a Chinese American officer (Chew-En Lee) who probably stood a foot shorter than him, and had a habit of bravery in the face of fire that others thought insane, even as he wore large multicolored panels over his shoulders (that were used to help identify his troops as friendly to pilots providing air support) because he thought it helped his own troops to recognize him better, and that was important to him.
Chew-En Lee had a chip on his shoulder about being an Asian Marine officer, and felt he had to show leadership to prove he was as good as anyone.
Lt. Owen and Chew-En Lee were standing in the open with fire popping the dirt all around him, and Owen wanted to hit the dirt in the worst way, but Chew-En Lee was just adamant about standing there with those bright panels draped all over him...:)
So he stood there too, all 6’5” of him bent at an angle ready to dive to the deck but..unable to.