I’m Erin from watchmojo.com and today we’re sitting down with Paul gross of
we’re sitting down with Paul gross of
we’re sitting down with Paul gross of Passchendaele can you tell us about this
Passchendaele can you tell us about this
Passchendaele can you tell us about this film
film
film and the character Michael did you play
and the character Michael did you play
and the character Michael did you play in Passchendaele the character Michael
in Passchendaele the character Michael
in Passchendaele the character Michael Dunn is actually kind of named after my
Dunn is actually kind of named after my
Dunn is actually kind of named after my grandfather and he was a veteran of the
grandfather and he was a veteran of the
grandfather and he was a veteran of the First World War he fought in the pretty
First World War he fought in the pretty
First World War he fought in the pretty much for the duration I was wounded
much for the duration I was wounded
much for the duration I was wounded three times over many many years
three times over many many years
three times over many many years it’s a weirdest script I’ve ever done
it’s a weirdest script I’ve ever done
it’s a weirdest script I’ve ever done consider twelve years right well yeah
consider twelve years right well yeah
consider twelve years right well yeah not constantly but I mean with the but I
not constantly but I mean with the but I
not constantly but I mean with the but I started it on you well we’ll probably I
started it on you well we’ll probably I
started it on you well we’ll probably I may never ever get to make this but I
may never ever get to make this but I
may never ever get to make this but I think I’d like to start writing it so it
think I’d like to start writing it so it
think I’d like to start writing it so it slowly unfolded into a story that is
slowly unfolded into a story that is
slowly unfolded into a story that is about a soldier returns home he’s
about a soldier returns home he’s
about a soldier returns home he’s shell-shocked and a nurse do you think
shell-shocked and a nurse do you think
shell-shocked and a nurse do you think it’s actually possible to picture what
it’s actually possible to picture what
it’s actually possible to picture what it’s like to be at war it’s an
it’s like to be at war it’s an
it’s like to be at war it’s an interesting question because I think you
interesting question because I think you
interesting question because I think you can only get so close to it the
can only get so close to it the
can only get so close to it the battlefield the sequences in the film
battlefield the sequences in the film
battlefield the sequences in the film are very visceral very real and they’re
are very visceral very real and they’re
are very visceral very real and they’re really unadorned it was miserable well I
really unadorned it was miserable well I
really unadorned it was miserable well I was gonna ask you how difficult the
was gonna ask you how difficult the
was gonna ask you how difficult the shoot was and just any any stories that
shoot was and just any any stories that
shoot was and just any any stories that stand out from onset every day the rain
stand out from onset every day the rain
stand out from onset every day the rain and we had this big rain choice but a
and we had this big rain choice but a
and we had this big rain choice but a hundred yards on the water all came out
hundred yards on the water all came out
hundred yards on the water all came out of the Elbe River which is fed by a
of the Elbe River which is fed by a
of the Elbe River which is fed by a glacier so it’s sub-zero on it so I
glacier so it’s sub-zero on it so I
glacier so it’s sub-zero on it so I would set a shot and we’d have all the
would set a shot and we’d have all the
would set a shot and we’d have all the explosive charges and scribs and
explosive charges and scribs and
explosive charges and scribs and everything ready and then the ad would
everything ready and then the ad would
everything ready and then the ad would say rain up and that was the worst
say rain up and that was the worst
say rain up and that was the worst command you could ever hear everyone so
command you could ever hear everyone so
command you could ever hear everyone so how hard is it to be actor writer and
how hard is it to be actor writer and
how hard is it to be actor writer and director and sort of since was such a
director and sort of since was such a
director and sort of since was such a personal story did you have to step away
personal story did you have to step away
personal story did you have to step away from the connection or really it wasn’t
from the connection or really it wasn’t
from the connection or really it wasn’t that hard it just makes for a longer day
that hard it just makes for a longer day
that hard it just makes for a longer day so you know
so you know
so you know but I have surrounded by extraordinary
but I have surrounded by extraordinary
but I have surrounded by extraordinary actor scene if you’re doing a scene with
actor scene if you’re doing a scene with
actor scene if you’re doing a scene with Carrie and out on us is not I don’t have
Carrie and out on us is not I don’t have
Carrie and out on us is not I don’t have to tell her to watch she’s quite a bit
to tell her to watch she’s quite a bit
to tell her to watch she’s quite a bit better than I am anyway
better than I am anyway
better than I am anyway honestly I think it was weirder for them
honestly I think it was weirder for them
honestly I think it was weirder for them because of you and I were doing a scene
because of you and I were doing a scene
because of you and I were doing a scene and you come to be into the dialogue
and you come to be into the dialogue
and you come to be into the dialogue okay cut
okay cut
okay cut that’s and then I wander off and look at
that’s and then I wander off and look at
that’s and then I wander off and look at the monitor and come back so we need to
the monitor and come back so we need to
the monitor and come back so we need to do one more can be louder so I think I
do one more can be louder so I think I
do one more can be louder so I think I was always moved on the move I think for
was always moved on the move I think for
was always moved on the move I think for them it was just maybe a bit more
them it was just maybe a bit more
them it was just maybe a bit more peculiar this of course is pretty huge
peculiar this of course is pretty huge
peculiar this of course is pretty huge from as in terms of Canadian standards
from as in terms of Canadian standards
from as in terms of Canadian standards how did the whole process go of getting
how did the whole process go of getting
how did the whole process go of getting the funding and getting this going
the funding and getting this going
the funding and getting this going Canadian financing models the sort of
Canadian financing models the sort of
Canadian financing models the sort of top at about seven or eight million and
top at about seven or eight million and
top at about seven or eight million and if you want to restage the first forward
if you want to restage the first forward
if you want to restage the first forward you’re gonna need a little more money
you’re gonna need a little more money
you’re gonna need a little more money but yeah it took a long time it was like
but yeah it took a long time it was like
but yeah it took a long time it was like four years of flying around dinners with
four years of flying around dinners with
four years of flying around dinners with really rich guys dinners with
really rich guys dinners with
really rich guys dinners with billionaires they called it as I wish I
billionaires they called it as I wish I
billionaires they called it as I wish I had a little camera yeah like a secret
had a little camera yeah like a secret
had a little camera yeah like a secret camera and I could have made a great
camera and I could have made a great
camera and I could have made a great documentary
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