"I wanted them to tell them how I felt and hear more stories about Robert, and to be a part of this process," he said. Robert Arsiaga, one of the soldiers killed in action on Black Sunday, said he reached out to Arsiaga's brothers and sisters, inviting them over to his home to share a meal. can you please walk me step by step through what actually happened in this scene so I can recreate it as close to life as possible." They knew it was going to be action-packed and emotional, and they were able to walk over to their real-life counterpart and ask them. I have yet to share a story with another actor who could say they were getting ready for a big scene. "We had the guys that lived it and the families that experienced it telling us that they believed in us, that we could do it before we even believed that about ourselves," he said. Other cast members joked about the bond that had grown between the two men, down to shared mannerisms.īeavers said the responsibility of portraying those who had sacrificed so much was weighty "to the point of buckling our knees." But, he added, the cast had quickly been embraced by the soldiers and by the families of the fallen. Two veterans of the battle, Aaron Fowler and Eric Bourquin, worked on the show as technical advisers many other soldiers and family members stayed in contact with the production team throughout the project, offering their insights and memories.Īctor John Beavers, who plays Bourquin in the series, was seldom far from his real-life counterpart. The entire series was shot on-base, with Iraq street scenes recreated in painstaking detail at a Fort Hood urban training complex. Producers of the series and the cast, many of whom attended the Fort Hood screening, also spoke with feeling about what the project meant to them. This story and this project means more to me than anything I have ever done." You have shared your stories you have shared your soldiers you have shared your families.
"This community has embraced me for 13 years. "This is a very emotional night for me," she told the audience ahead of the screening, her voice quavering. "The Long Road Home" is based on a book of the same name by ABC Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz, who began to report on the troops of 2-5 while the horrors of that deployment to Sadr City were still unfolding. Outside the gym, several mental health counselors sat at a table holding brochures about veteran suicide and post-traumatic stress, ready to talk to anyone in the audience who found the gritty portrayal of war too reminiscent or simply too difficult to watch.
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