Before this came your way, was that something you thought about at all?
LANA CONDOR: Absolutely.
Ive actually been quoted saying that my dream role would be Andrew GarfieldsHacksaw Ridge, but for a woman.
Weirdly, I have an obsession with war films.
I dont know what that says about me, but they are more my comfort movies than anything else.
The high-octane film will arrive in cinemas early next year.
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Was the script that you first read the movie that we see now?
There isnt much made of your character being a woman on this team.
Shes not weaker because shes a woman.
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Was it always that way on the page?
CONDOR: Yes, it was.
It was always that way on the page.
I did so much research on women in the military.I come from a military family.
My brother is currently serving in Japan.
My uncle is a general.
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My grandparents served.And I had done so much research on women who are actively in the military.
Something that I found was that I was really blown away by the sense of equality in that space.
To be honest, I was surprised.
It was such an awesome experience to be treated with so much respect.
I felt so respected, the entire time.
Its very you depend on me, and I depend on you.
Ill help you, and you help me.
We carry our weight, period.
Im forever grateful for the entire team that treated me the way that I deserve to be treated.
We wanted to do it authentically.
We had an amazing military advisor.
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What did you do to prepare for this?
Was there a lot of physical training involved?
Were there special skills you had to learn?
What made you feel confident that you could pull this off and look authentic?
Was there a day where it all came together for you?
CONDOR: Thats a great question.
We did rigorous gun safety training.
We did a lot of that jot down of training, and it was ongoing throughout the entire movie.
We were constantly in a state of training.
So, Shelbys backpack, because shes the medic, was filled with bandages, tourniquets, and IVs.
Everything thats actually in a proper medical kit, my bag was filled with.
We had chest plates.
We had everything.I was carrying 60 or 70 pounds of additional weight that Im not used to carrying.
It was very guerrilla.
We were in deep.
The physical demand was definitely there for me.
What was that experience like?
How does the action in that compare to the action inValiant One?
CONDOR:Ballerina Overdriveis the heaviest action Ive ever done.
It was so intense.I trained for a year for that.
It was very intense.
That fighting is completely different.
I realized that its so necessary if youre doing something so physically demanding.
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