'Act of Valor': Just how realistic is this Navy SEAL movie?
20.05.12
‘Chief Dave,’ our lead in the movie [the SEALs in the film are not fully identified], he’s a father of five — just a great family man. They’re such humble guys. They’re actually the opposite of the Rambo character. We were like, ‘Wow, we need to let the American public know these guys are special.’ To properly tell their story, we couldn’t do it with actors. We just felt like it had to be from the men who’ve actually experienced it.”
– The film’s central action scenes were shot during actual SEAL training missions. The filmmakers beefed up the production values of already planned exercises, then filmed during the sessions. “For instance, the yacht takedown scene, they had a big amphibious exercise planned, so we provided the target package and wove it into the film,” says McCoy. “Normally they would just train on some tugboat or trawler or cargo vessel. We ended up renting a yacht and providing it as a target package. It was totally legit — a full, real operation. That’s where we’re pretty proud of how it was architected.”
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