PHILLIPPE’S PORTRAYAL OF WAR HERO MOVES MEDIC’S SON
Movie star RYAN PHILLIPPE was moved to tears when he spotted the son of his FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS character sobbing off camera as he crawled through the mud during a pivotal battle scene.
The actor portrays Iwo Jima war hero JOHN ‘DOC’ BRADLEY in director CLINT EASTWOOD’s new World War II epic and befriended his character’s son JAMES while researching the role.
Phillippe spent hours perfecting his part as a real-life army medic and admits the effort paid off when he realised his film heroics had stirred emotions in James, who wrote the book upon which the film is based.
The CRASH star explains, "There was a scene that comes near the end of the film, where I’ve been wounded and I have shrapnel in my leg and it’s raining and this guy calls out for my character’s name on the battlefield.
"I crawl to find the guy and help him while I’m wounded.
"I was doing that scene and James Bradley was standing there watching me do something his father had done that was so brave and so heroic.
"I was face down in the mud in between takes waiting for Clint to roll and I looked over at James and he was crying. He gave me a simple thumbs up. That’s as much of a real emotional connection you can have on a film set.
"Things like that are really beautiful to experience."
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