With directorMel Gibson’sHacksaw Ridgeopening this weekend in theaters around the country, last week I sat down withAndrew Garfieldfor an exclusive video interview. If you’re not familiar withHacksaw Ridge, the film tells the true story ofDesmond Doss, a conscientious collaborator and Army medic who refused to bear arms during World War II, but ended up saving 75 men during the bloodiest battle of the war without firing a single bullet. Written byRobert Schenkkan,Andrew Knight, andBraveheartscribeRandall Wallace, it’s an incredibly well made film that doesn’t shy away from showing what really happens in war while also paying tribute to a man that did something next to impossible. While many of us love superhero movies,Hacksaw Ridgeis about a real hero. It’s absolutely worth seeing this weekend in theaters. The film stars AndrewGarfieldas Desmond Doss and the rest of the great cast includesSam Worthington,Luke Bracey,Teresa Palmer,Hugo Weaving,Rachel Griffiths, andVince Vaughn.
During the interview Garfield talked about the incredible action set pieces and what the extras were willing to do to make it more believable, how they couldn’t include some of the stuff Doss actually did on the battlefield because people would have thought they made it up, his reaction after seeingMartin Scorsese’sSilence, getting ready to start filmingUnder the Silver LakewithIt FollowsdirectorDavid Robert Mitchell, and what we all need to do to get Mel Gibson to make more movies.
Watch what he had to say in the player above and below you’ll find a list of everything we talked about. If you missed my extended video interview with Mel Gibson youcan watch it here.
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Here’s the official synopsis forHacksaw Ridge:
HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of conscientious collaborator Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He believed the war was just, but killing was nevertheless wrong; he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon. As an army medic, Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. He was the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.
