Trivia / Jarhead

• Deleted Role: Sam Rockwell had one scene ("Payback") playing Swoff's uncle Walt, a Marine who served in the Vietnam war and who encourages the young Swoff to join the force but that scene was deleted from the film. It can be found on the DVD and some online sources.
• Harpo Does Something Funny:
  • John Krasinski wrote all of his dialogue.
  • The interviews with the grunts were all improvised. Lucas Black was particularly uncomfortable with this, as he preferred to work off a script.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The original screenplay contained a more pointed political stance which Sam Mendes stripped out.
  • Christian Bale, Leonardo DiCaprio, Josh Hartnett, Emile Hirsch, Joshua Jackson, Tobey Maguire and Shane West were all considered for the role of Swoff.
  • Michael Keaton, Gary Oldman and Kurt Russell were all considered for the role of Lt. Col. Kazinski.

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