![]() ![]() It’s important to note that all the operational planning in this film was done by the SEALs, so everything is legit as it would go down. It was going to accurately and honestly depict who they are. We’re not actors we’re doing our jobs.’ Then after quite a bit more time of becoming good friends and gaining their trust, they started to realize that the film was going to be about the brotherhood and the sacrifice and touch on their family life as well. McCoy: They said, ‘Oh, we’re not Hollywood guys. We approached eight of them that we really became friends with if they would be in the film and they, all eight, turned us down. That’s why we said, we’ve got to use the real guys, the real active duty Navy SEALs. But when we met the real guys, it became apparent to us that an actor’s going to have a really hard time accurately portraying the complexity of these guys. Waugh: You think with a narrative feature that you’re going to use actors. How they convinced active duty Navy SEALs to act in Act of Valor… It just really became a mission to accurately and honestly communicate who these men are and what they’re about to the American public. Then, you start to connect with how hard they’ve sacrificed in the last 10 years of sustained combat, themselves as well as their families and their wives. We met these truly incredible men who really defined the term brotherhood. McCoy: Once we entered into their community, they opened up, pulled the curtain back if you will of their community. On how directors Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh (pictured left) first started this project… Here are excerpts from that conversation: In a recent interview with CBN.com, directors McCoy and Waugh shared what it took to make Act of Valor and about the men in uniform, some of them faith-based, who helped make the movie happen. As they prepared to film, McCoy and Waugh decided active duty Navy SEALs were the only ones who could accurately capture the heart, soul and dedication of the elite force. With the support of the Navy, the directors innovatively casted non-actors in the movie's leading roles. Working in the industry as stuntmen on movies such as Flight of the Phoenix and Spider-Man, McCoy and Waugh felt compelled to tell the Navy SEALs’ story on the big screen. Drawing in almost $25 million at the box office in its opening weekend, Act of Valor is a unique movie experience from directors Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh. ![]()
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