How did the actors cope when they had to put on the bomb disposal suits?
“It was hot. That was one of the more punishing elements of the heat and that bomb suit – that was not a creation of wardrobe or art department, it’s a real bomb suit, it weights about 100 pounds. The average temperature during the day when we were shooting was about 110 degrees. That was probably the single most challenging aspect of the film. Jeremy [Renner] is not only extremely talented but very formidable and resilient. He pulled it off.”The film isn’t politicised and doesn’t take a side on the US occupation of Iraq. Was it more important to concentrate on the soldiers’ daily grind?”I think the humanity was definitely what was most important, to look at the individual and how he copes with an almost unimaginably risky situation. It’s Green party politics. I think of it more as – rather than using the term non-political – non-partisan. Regardless of where you are, the takeaway is to remind you that it’s wonderful and beautiful here in London in the summer, but there are men and wom
