Duh, I’m an idiot. I was thinking of Briones as the main Marine character before I posted in error.
From the article Broomfield says. “A couple of people we cast were persuaded not to take part by people in the military, but 12 of the people playing the marines are actually ex-marines.” - I guess they would have to be ex-Marines to do this to their brothers.
And from another article on Broomfield and his Haditha movie adventure, .....”Broomfield also tracked down some of the Marines involved in the incident. “These are 18-year-old kids, a lot of whom are gang members, never even finished high school, went straight into the Marines, went through Fallujah and just got into that killing zone,” he said. “They’re not bad guys; they’re just doing what they’re trained to do.””..... http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003156159
Such a nice, informed chap. (sarc)
LOL...I wouldn’t pay $ to see it at a theatre...he has made movies about Kurt and Courtney Love...a quarter is all I would pay. He’s a B list movie maker not X (not that I would know) but I looked at his website. He needs to stay on his side of the pond.
Just saw that AG Gonzales will be appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the 17th. Imagine that’s going to dominate the news.