Nearly 20 years after his breakout role, the actor returns to the big-screen battlefield.
Warning: This article contains light spoilers for the new filmThe Outpost.
“It was interesting because inBlack Hawk DownI played a guy that has a tragic fall from a helicopter.
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It’s part of what creates the catalyst to the end.
Set during the Afghanistan War,The Outpoststars Bloom as First Lt. Benjamin Keating.
Similarly,The Outpostcenters on one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghanistan War.
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He didn’t stand above them.
He didn’t hold things against them.
He was a beloved leader of the land.”
As the film depicts, Keating had spent time engaging the locals in community development projects before the battle.
For research, Bloom was also given letters addressed to Keating from fellow military men.
“I almost felt his presence around me,” Bloom says.
“I really wanted to do justice to this remarkable man.
He was a man who took responsibility.”
It’s a sentiment Eastwood felt about his character, too.
Romesha “was as humble as he was determined,” he says.
“He was going to win even if that meant dying in the process.
The man is just an exceptional example of heroism.”
These men have all been recognized in their own way.
The Outpostis out now in limited theatrical release and on VOD.
