Earlier this year, audiences saw filmmakerAlex Garland’s vision for a possible future of America.
Next year, hes diving into the past to recreate a real war from recent history.
As they reach the capital, the film climaxes with an action-packed assault on the White House.
‘Warfare’.Murray Close for A24
My role then was just to facilitate Ray telling this story that he already wanted to tell.
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For Mendoza,Warfareis personal.
Will Poulter in ‘Warfare’.Murray Close for A24
He lived it, during his time in the U.S. military in the Iraq War.
The story is not solely about me.
Hes had some [traumatic brain injury] issues and extremely bad damage to his extremities.
Charles Melton (center) in ‘Warfare’.Murray Close for A24
Hes in a wheelchair and he doesn’t recall what happened.
Weve tried to write it out for him in literary form, but even that’s really confusing.
He’s lacking that, and I’ve always wanted to do that for him.
‘Warfare’.Murray Close for A24
DPharaoh Woon-A-Tai plays Mendoza, while Cosmo Jarvis portrays Elliot.
But forWarfare, he had the added pressure of staying true to reality.
Kit Connor, for example, plays the young new guy in the story.
‘Warfare’.Murray Close for A24
So I interviewed these [real] guys and talked about, How did you feel?
What were you thinking?
Even some of the regrets that we have from that day.
I have to track all that and see to it the performer is also understanding and conveying it.
