Line #15 Trivia/Victories


1	* ActingForTwo: Andrew Watson plays both a sergeant at the beginning, and another soldier near the end.
2	* CaliforniaDoubling: Northern Ireland doubles for France.
3	* CastTheExpert:
4	** Andrew Watson - who plays Benjamin's sergeant - is an actual army sergeant.
5	** Darrell Wilson who plays another of the soldiers previously worked as a World War I re-enactor and was able to act as an on-set consultant.
6	* CastTheRunnerUp: James Mackenzie was turned down for the role of Benjmain for being too tall, so he took the small role of the sentry at the end.
7	* CreatorBacklash: Bobby Calloway doesn't look too fondly on his performance, finding it to be among his weakest. He does however affirm he loved making the film and thinks it's great.
8	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Andrew [=McNeill=] calls the scene where Benjamin and Otto have a heart-to-heart his favorite that he's acted in so far.
9	* DyeingForYourArt:
10	** Andrew [=McNeill=] normally sports a mustache, and shaved it off for the opening scene.
11	** Assistant director Patrick Tazzioli had to jump on camera to play a British soldier - getting a haircut and shaving his beard off for it.
12	* EnforcedMethodActing:
13	** Andrew [=McNeill=] kept a little separate from everyone else to simulate Otto's feelings of isolation.
14	** Thomas Pollock told Bobby Calloway to push Andrew [=McNeill=] during their argument scene, to get a genuine reaction out of him.
15	** Both actors listened to music in the morning to get into character - Andy to Imperial German music from the period, Bobby to the soundtrack of ''Film/DarlingLili''...
16	* FakeBrit:
17	** James Mackenzie as the sentry at the end. With the exception of Andy Watson (the sergeant), the rest of the soldiers are played by Northern Irish actors too.
18	** Downplayed by Bobby Calloway who has Irish parents but was born in England.
19	* FakeNationality: Andrew [=McNeill=] (Northern Irish) as the German Otto.
20	* LoopingLines: James Mackenzie had to loop his lines in the final scene, due to audio problems in the footage.
21	* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The film's first screening was the weekend commemorating the 100th year anniversary of the Armistice.
22	* ShownTheirWork: The artillery did indeed keep firing until 11 o'clock on Armistice Day.
23	* ThrowItIn:
24	** Otto was scripted to throw Benjamin his canteen. In rehearsals Andrew [=McNeill=] handed it over gently instead, and Bobby Calloway likewise improvised handing it back.
25	** Andrew [=McNeill=]'s coat got torn while filming the final scene. Finding it added to the violence, they drew attention to it in later shots.
26	** Bobby Calloway's helmet fell off filming the scene where he trips in the forest. They then set up a shot showing the helmet lying on the ground as he is dragged away.
27	* TypeCasting:
28	** The third time Bobby Calloway has played a soldier.
29	** Also the third time - after ''Bloody Secrets'' and ''Belfast Calibre 9'' - that Andrew [=McNeill=] and James Mackenzie [[spoiler: have fought in the climax. Each time James wins]].
30	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
31	** A scene was imagined where Otto would have a hallucination of a burning zeppellin crashing down into the forest. Andrew [=McNeill=] quickly realised that would look too weird and didn't include it.
32	** The part of Benjamin was written for another actor who moved back to England. James Mackenzie was interested in the part but was deemed too tall and imposing for such a vulnerable character.
33	** Alternate ending ideas included [[spoiler: Otto in a POW camp with other Germans, some of whom would foreshadow World War II]] or else [[spoiler: reuniting with Emily in England, while still being disrespected by other people]].

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