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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