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Probably all of us know who the American war hero United States Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is, if not he is the deadliest sniper in American history with a total of 150 confirmed kills. Bradley Cooper and director Clint Eastwood bring the biographical war film American Sniper to life as they show Chris Kyle before and after the war. However, what challenges did the movie have? What did the actors go through to achieve this great film.
At first, Chris Kyle didn't really approve of Bradley Cooper to play him because he was too pretty. According to Cooper, Kyle told him he would tie him in the back of his truck and drag him a little to knock some of the pretty off of him. Because Chris Kyle was heavier and bigger in physique Cooper had to bulk up 40 pounds of pure muscle. Imagine eating 5 full meals in one day! That's a lot of food. Kyle was from Texas so Cooper had to meet with a dialect coach to teach the actor the Texan accent Kyle had which he described as learning a new language. Cooper watched countless of films and chewed "fake" tobacco in order to stay true to Kyle. Former Navy SEAL sniper Kevin Lacz was hired to train cooper on how to hold and shoot different kinds of weapons and hit targets 600 yards away.
The film was going to have Steven Spielberg as its director but because the film only had the budget of $60 million he dropped out and Eastwood picked it up. Kyle was partly involved with the writing portion of the film but was sadly murdered a year before they started filming. Kyle's wife, Taya, called him after Kyle's death and told Hall, the writer, to film this movie to best of his ability because her children were going to remember their father the way he portrays Kyle. Eastwood likes to shoot his scenes with little or no rehearsal so part of the movie was filmed once and without rehearsal which is pretty amazing because most directors take up to 35 takes maybe even more.
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