Thank God no one’s shooting back at us in real life. And like he said, “I’m not asking you to become a marksman, but I am asking you to learn to do it right and to look like you’re doing it right.” So, Mikal was tasked with the job of taking people of different proficiencies and ability levels and bringing them all up to snuff. Some of these guys had never held a weapon in their life. The first day we showed up, Mikal very gently and lightly started putting us through a little stretching and calisthenics, and I think, at that point, everyone was thinking, “Ah, this isn’t so bad.” Then for the next four hours, we found ourselves in a crouch, literally slow-walking across a field in Morocco learning hand signals, flanking maneuvers, immediate action drills. To that end, what did you do as actors to become this band of brothers?
And this is what is really developed into them. And if they move a certain way, you can pick up on their signs. That comes from getting to know the person to your left and your right to the point that you know who that is even in darkness just by the way they move. It’s important to move as a unit, as one organism, in conjunction with one another without even having to communicate. What do they have to learn about working together? Hadi Tabbal as Agent Amir Al-Raisani, Natacha Karam as Sergeant Jasmine "Jaz" Khan, Demetrius Grosse as CPO Ezekiel “Preach” Carter, Noah Mills as Sergeant Joseph "McG" McGuire, Mike Vogel as Captain Adam Dalton Oh, I’m sweaty.” It adds to the look it adds to the reality of it. The actor in you creeps up and goes, “Oh, man, I’m sweaty, it’s hot, wah, wah,” and then you quickly realize that the ambulance has left the station and these guys don’t get a chance to whine, “Oh, I’m hot. What's it like with all that equipment you have to wear? You’re filming the series in Albuquerque, and it's hot in Albuquerque. He had to try to balance deployments and family, all of those things in one. And I say all that to say not that I could have, would have, should have, I say all that to say it’s created in me an immense affinity, heart and reverence for those who do this job, who so sacrificially give up large parts of their lives, as our technical advisor Mikal can attest to. Flying was all I ever wanted to do, but there was a different path for me, so here I am. If you had asked my parents when I was a kid, "What’s Mike going to do when he grows up?" they would have told you I was heading into the Air Force.
Is this role something that resonates with you because of your family’s history in the military service? Your grandfathers fought in World War II-one was a tank commander and one was a Seabee.
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