She was inspired by her director, Matthew Heineman, known primarily in the industry as a documentarian.
Theres nothing fraudulent about what we did, and I think thats a huge credit to Matthew.
By and large every time you see grief in the movie, its real, Pike says.
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And thats what gives the integrity and the fierceness of the film.
It was a lot of the absurdity as well as the brutality.
There was real trauma being relived in that moment and it was incredibly difficult to watch and be around.
Thats just one of many, many stories.
Theyre talking about real pain, theyre talking about real trauma, Heineman remarks.
So often war is relegated to headlines and to stats, to numbers.
A Private Waropens in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 2 before going nationwide on Nov. 16.
