Casualties of War - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Casualties of War"
Casualties of War (1989)
Timing:
1:53 (113 min)
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Actors and characters
Dan Martin
Character Sgt. Hawthorne
Steve Larson
Character Agent #1
John Linton
Character Agent #2
Al Shannon
Character Wilkins
Maris Valainis
Character Streibig
Darren E. Burrows
Character Cherry
Kady Tran
Character Yen (Oahn's Sister)
Scott Gregory
Character Soldier Charlie 1
Ennalls Berl
Character Soldier Charlie 2
Vinh Tran
Character V.C. Interpreter
Somsak
Character ARVN Interpreter
Hataya Sarmount
Character Girl Villager
Ba Thuan T. Le
Character Oahn's Mother
Nootch
Character Child Villager
Kwan
Character Child Villager
J. Chalerm
Character Villager Old Man Farmer
Sigma
Character Villager Woman
Po Powpi
Character Villager Old Man
Shaun Shea
Character Soldier
Kristopher Dunn
Character Soldier
Shane Kerwin
Character Soldier
Niran
Character V.C. in Tunnel
Michael D. Jones
Character Passenger on Train (uncredited)
Espérance Pham Thai Lan
Character Etudiante, soeur (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Daniel Lang's novel "Casualties of War" (1969), which he wrote after his own article on the same real-life events for The New Yorker.
- To get the reaction he wanted from Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn would criticize the actor before each take, telling him that Fox was nothing and just another soap opera actor.
- A body double was used for the scenes with the nude heroine, as nudity on screen is taboo for women in Southeast Asian countries.
- John C. Reilly's first film role.
- Eriksson falls asleep on a city tram in San Francisco. The prologue and epilogue of the film were shot there.
- To elicit the desired reaction from Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn would criticize the actor before each take, claiming that Fox was nothing special and was just another soap opera actor.
- The script is based on a real incident involving servicemen of the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army.
- Michael J. Fox repeatedly gave gifts to people who chased away cobras that crawled onto the set.
- As John Leguizamo (who played Diaz) wrote in his autobiography, the scene where Sergeant Meserve, played by Sean Penn, hits Diaz was filmed in only 14 takes, and each of Penn's punches was quite palpable and painful.
- Stephen Baldwin was initially cast in the role of Hatcher and even filmed several scenes, but the role was then given to John C. Reilly, who was originally cast in a minor role.
- During filming in Thailand, many actors became ill as their immune systems could not cope with the local food.
- According to director Brian De Palma, he wanted to film this movie as early as 1969, when he read an article titled "Casualty Reports" in "The New Yorker" weekly. At that time, it was impossible, as the Vietnam War was still ongoing, and it remained impossible even after the war ended. The management of "Paramount Pictures" only gave the director permission for this project in the late 1980s, riding the wave of success of war dramas such as "Platoon" (Oliver Stone, 1986) and "Full Metal Jacket" (Stanley Kubrick, 1987), as well as his own crime thriller "The Untouchables" (1987).
- The man who stabbed and then shot his rape victim was former First Class Private Stephen Thomas, depicted as Clark in the film. Thomas received a 20-year prison sentence for murder and rape, but the sentence was reduced to 8 years with the possibility of parole after 4 years. Upon his release, Thomas became the head of an organization called "The World Church of the Creator," which preached the supremacy of the white race and agitated for a white war against all other races. In 1992, Thomas was accused of complicity in the murder of a Black air traffic controller for the U.S. Navy.
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