âItâs very authentic, dripping in sincerity, thereâs nothing sensational about it. It had a docu-drama feel to it which people responded to. –Damian Lewis on Band of Brothers
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We blogged earlier about how a 29-year old British actor Damian Lewis got cast to play all-American WWII hero Dick Winters as well as the deft and the charisma with which Damian Lewis came to immortalize Dick Winters on small screen. However, we still have a black box between the casting and the shoot: How did Damian Lewis TRANSFORM into Dick Winters?
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Well⌠Once he gets the part, the two Hollywood giants Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks leave the room and Tony To, the executive producer, asks: âHey Damian, howâd you like to go to boot camp in March?â
Ha! The boot camp⌠It is, in fact, what FILLS the black box Iâve been talking about⌠The Transformation, quoting Damian himself, from âa rice puddingâ to a âcelery stalkâÂ
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