“WE STAND ALONE TOGETHER”: ACTORS' REMINISCENCES ROUNDTABLE
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- The experience of starring in the miniseries facilitated lasting bonds and
lifelong friendships between the cast members and crew. In the subsequent 20 years since its premiere, these relationships remain strong. All actors in attendance participate in the final session to share recollections of their experiences in the casting process in bootcamp, on set, during premieres, and at various reunions and events over the years.
Moderator - Frank John Hughes, portrayed Sgt. William J. “Wild Bill” Guarnere, Sr.
Moderator - Michael Cudlitz, portrayed Sgt. Denver “Bull” Randleman - Zábava
I still watch BOB 3 to 4 times a year. I will be thankful for this generation ( like all generations that fought for freedom) for the rest of my life. I'm 61 years old.
I'm 42 and feel exactly the same
I’m 22 and also feel exactly the same. I watch this series along with the pacific about 3 times each year
Band of brothers was excellent ! Also you should get the chance to watch (Passiondale) About the Canadians in World War I it's a very good movie!
Im 48 and cant believe this was made so long ago....makes you appreciate the time we all have. My favourite series ever made.
Same. I watch it several times a year. I still cry during the baseball scene every time.
My Dad served in the army, did the Normandy invasion, battle of the bulge, and more. Band of Brothers showed me how it really was in that awful war, and I appreciated knowing all he had suffered through. I watched every episode multiple times, it was so engrossing in every way. So thank you for letting him and me experience some of what he had lived through. He is gone now, and I miss him. He was a great Dad and hero to me.
I love these guys because none of them takes themselves too seriously, but take with extreme seriousness what they were doing and the legacies they were honoring in BOB.
Band of Brothers should be required viewing in High School history classes .Growing up my favorite history teacher was a WWII vet .He taught us some hard truths about war.Iwill be forever in his debt for instilling my love of history .
The problem is that there is a lot of historical inaccuracy in the show. Ambrose, who wrote the book before he died played fast and loose with the facts. My pet peeve is the scene with the 101st captured Hitler's Eagles Nest That was captured by the 3rd Division of Patton's 7th Army. Love company to be exact. I knew the Lieutenant who led the squad.
Actually happened to me. I took a WW2 history class for my senior year. The teacher played an episode for us every friday. Honestly, what a class. Takes you all the way from boot camp to VE day.
@@jackbronsky that would be good to know for teachers to explain during or after each episode
I teach JROTC in high school, and I use the show as one of the best case studies on leadership. Episodes 1 and 7 in particular. It helps that it's fantastically entertaining as well, since I end up having to watch it 8 times in a row each year. 😆
They saved democracy.
Now it's our turn. Do NOT vote for that facist Donald Trump.
No dictator has ever quit after one day.
I met Michael Cudlitz at a Walker Stalker in Atlanta in 2016. I wasn’t there for The Walking Dead, I was there for Band of Brothers. I brought my Band of Brothers dvd series that came in the tin. The box is pretty beat up because I’d watched it so many times growing up, the real veterans are my heroes. He signed it and shook my hand and I thanked him for his portrayal of Denver “Bull” Randleman. My grandpa was in WW2 and this series is the most beloved to me.
He was fantastic in the show Southland.
I got that tin but I’m missing ep:3 carentan! Gosh dang it..
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@@chrishickey7502never heard of that show but I’ll def check it out. Cutlitz is great
I could spot Liebgott’s voice out any selection on the planet.
And Wild bill as well.
'You’re a special group. You’ve found in one another a bond, that exists only in combat, among brothers. You’ve shared foxholes, held each other in dire moments. You’ve seen death and suffered together.' 🙏❤️
The casting was the reason this show worked so well.Every character was on point.
Whoever came up with that concept of "Bootcamp" was a genius. That is the glue that melded this bunch together, it made the actors slightly understand what these men went through, as well as "hardening" them for the filming, total Psy-op.
Anyone who has ever served knows exactly what this does. Alienating the "replacements" wasn't just about actors acting, it was, to a lesser degree of realising that those guys had not been through the same experience.
And, if you dive deep, that is exactly what Sobel did; no one in Easy Company would have mixed with other companies, it was a shared experience. He created that Band of Brothers, men who would die for the man standing next to him.
I believe it was Dale Dye
In a way Sobel kind of reminds me of Herb Brooks, he made his men hate him so much that they wouldn’t have time to hate each other.
There's a reason why this was the greatest generation. These are real men, and I'm so humbled and thankful for all of them. There will never be another one.
Lt Dike survived the assault, and eventually returned to the rear in the company of a medic. Afterwards, he was transferred to 506th Regimental Headquarters to become an assistant operations officer. Lt Dike then moved on to become, as a captain, an aide to General Maxwell Taylor, Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division. The Lt was not a good infantry officer but apparently did well as an operations officer. 🤷♀
One gripe that I have with BOB is that the script is very sympathetic to Lipton and his PTSD but ignores Dike’s
Not everyone shines when being tossed into a hot frying pan, especially at 26 years old. While Purple Hearts say nothing about what kind of leader you are in battle, he does have a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts. To all the haters out there: What were you doing at 26? The answer for 99.999% of CZcams users is *NOT* this.
Before he got to Easy Company, during Market Garden, he got a Bronze Star for: "organized and led scattered groups of parachutists in the successful defense of an important road junction on the vital Eindhoven (sic)-Arnhem Supply Route against superior and repeated attacks, while completely surrounded." He received a Bronze Star as commander of Easy Company in which "he personally removed from an exposed position, in full enemy view, three wounded members of his company, while under intense small arms fire".
@@bookemdanno5596 And that's a good thing. 26-year-olds should never have to find themselves in the kinds of situations that the soldiers of the Second World War were in. They were children in uniforms sent to fight a war started by men twice their age for reasons they could barely comprehend.
@@michaelstach5744 Does the show explore Lipton's PTSD very much? The characters with PTSD that I remember it focusing on were Winters, Doc Roe, and Buck. Now, the interesting thing about Buck is that he didn't even have the issues that the show depicted him as having. The real Buck has said that he held himself together very well throughout the events of Bastogne, and his "breakdown" after seeing Bill and Joe get hit was fueled more by anger at Dike than anything else. He was pissed off beyond belief because Dike was nowhere to be found and Buck urgently wanted to speak with him to get Bill and Joe better medical attention. Him holding his head in his hands afterward was not because he was crying. It was him trying to contain his anger and regain his composure. Despite those changes, the real man said that he was happy with the show's depiction of him, since it brought attention to the reality that some men did break down like that during combat. Buck, however, was not one of them.
I didnt watch BOB when it first came out. Years later I had moved to Pennsylvania. While living there I had a knee replacement and was going thru my PT and another other patient talking with his Physical Therapist about a book about Dick Winters. As I easvesdropped I found out Dick had been a local boy and had lived in nearby Hershey. So I decided to finally watch the miniseries. I ended up being able to see some of the cast members at a gathering in philly and was lucky to have met the real Babe and Wild Bill. It warms my heart that these actors have kept the memories of these heroes alive. One thing that will always stay with me if how humble Babe and Bill were and never ever referred to themselves as heroes. They said the people who were heroes died in the battle.
This show and book really made an impact on me as a teenager. Lessons in humanity, empathy, even in terrible circumstances...
It made me want to be a better man. Not in the grand scheme of a huge war or battle... But in everyday life. I first saw BOB when I was 15, I'll be 37 in a few months and still carry those lessons I watched and read about with me.
Who’s Sarah Kircksey (sp ?)
Peter who played Dike as written and portrayed really wonderfully conveyed the stilted frozen oddness and in the script, the panic of the character based on the the real life person!
He did a really great job especially under attack in Foy…the look on his face..he was frozen. But the real Dike was wounded in the shoulder too. It was physical as well as emotional. But I still blame Dike for getting so many guys killed.
@@kathryngrant2676 - One thing people often dont realise with Dike was he won a Bronze Star in Holland for mounting a defence whilst totally surrounded and another at Bastogne for dragging three wounded men to safety under heavy fire. The general consensus is Dike got PTSD much like Buck did but because the people in Easy didn't know him they didn't realise the strange disconnectedness was totally abnormal for the man but which ironically is the exact same behaviour that made people concerned about Buck Compton. The ironic thing is when you watch the episodes you get a sense that Peter himself understands that and thats the way he's choosing to portray him. He gets it right that the show is probably unfair to him.
It’s like generation kill and gunnery Sergeant Ray Griego. Dude is a badass and was portrayed not quite as much… he’s still pissed at everyone, and everyone would vouch for him as being as such!
What an astonishing group of men.
Twenty years later they can relay their experiences so beautifully. The honour, respect and determination to make things real gave the actual, true soldiers was something that has impacted them into middle age.
I was in the audience. What a memorable weekend this was. Rick Gomez is a funny guy, much like his character George Luz. All the actors were gracious and friendly.
I wanted to go but we had a newborn. See ya at the 25th? 😂
I can't put it into words but there was just something about Ross McCalls Liebgott that kinda grabbed me
A seminal piece of film. Should be REQUIRED watching in High School History so these kids can know these heroes who saved the world from genocide and evil because sadly kids of today will never have known them personally.
This was not an mini-series. This was an EPIC along the lines of Ben Hur and other movies of the Golden Age of Hollywood Era.
This particular group of actors deserve much praise for what they accomplished. Most actors, not so much.
The impact of what the real Easy Company did is STILL changing lives 70+ years later. It's so good to see how seriously every one of these actors took these roles, and I think that's a big part of why the series was the best TV ever created.
Took me years to finally dedicate time to watch this series. Now it's my comfort zone on a lazy Saturday morning. I am fortunate enough to have visited many BOB sites from Toccoa to Kaprun. This represents the Greatest Generation and I love them so dearly. Thanks to these actors for creating such a lasting tribute. Thank you!
The guys these actors played were absolute heroes and they did them justice. Hearing their stories was a gem
So glad I found this. Amazing how something through a television that is based on a true story could affect our lives in basically a spiritual way.
I find it amazing how these British actors were able to speak in the American accent so perfectly. I would have never known they were British actors had I not heard them speak here.Granted, I am sure it didn't come easy.
We are heavily saturated with American culture in the u.k. I agree, it would be hard to get them so bang on, but many British people are pretty good at an American accent(s)
@@oliverbird6914 Dr House is a good example. No idea he was a Brit until I saw an interview with him about the series House.
And irish too
@@oliverbird6914 meanwhile I think we’re hit or miss on British accents in the US. Although I’d like to think I can pull one off pretty good lol I don’t know what region your dialects are from but feel like I can do a few of em. I wouldn’t know any of your slang though
@@oliverbird6914 - Agree, plus I'd say actors are more keenly aware of the importance of a convincing accent as part of their portrayal in ways that, say, Sean Connery never cared to be. And dialogue coaches must be orders of magnitude more skilled than they were years back, to ensure Hugh Laurie can speak in a convincing American Jagoff Doctor accent!
I've been avidly watching Masters of the Air and got the itch to start watching Band of Brothers again. It's next up on my playlist.
This was phenomenal, entertaining and full of little laughs and jokes from each actor, which was enjoyable!
Each little bit of new content revolving around Band of Brothers and the actors is like winning the lottery for me. I was 14 when BoB came out and watched it obsessively over and over again and then in 2018 and 2019 I was the photographer for the Best Defense Foundation and had the opportunity to return to Normandy, Bastogne and places throughout Holland like Eindhoven and Son with the likes of paratroopers like Bradford Freeman. What an absolute honor that was.
I love seeing these actors reminiscing on the experience. It’s all so special.
What a great find . . . have been moved by B of B since it came out. Have read just about every biography of Easy Company members. Finally last October drove 10 hours down to Toccoa to visit the camp, museum, and to run Currahee Mountain. Really was a "spiritual" moment as strange as that sounds. Ran early in the morning and planned it to get to top right at sunrise. As someone at Camp Toccoa asked me and I confirmed, you could "hear" the boots of the paratroopers while running the mountain. Currahee!!
Shane - so quiet....but it was great to see this whole thing!! Thanks for putting it on CZcams.
I've watched this series countless times, I absolutely love the whole cast! I didn't know this happened, i would've loved to attend. Definitely one of my favorite series!
I almost have an addiction to band of brothers. I watch these 10 episodes twice a year every year. I know these characters from the book more than the series. I love these men to include the men who played them
Rick Gomez/Luz was my absolute fave! I would love to meet them all in person. ❤
I virtually registered for this symposium and watched all of the talks that day live streaming the weekend of the event. And here I am watching it again a year later, and just as interested and entertained by the respect the crew and cast are have given this amazing series 20 years on. Can't think of a more amazing work of art and how much weight it carries to carry the torch for bringing attention to and respecting our veterans of wars past than this series does. A lot of people say the series moved them, changed their life after watching it. It's true. It certainly did for me back in 2001 on HBO, and the handful of times I've watched it through since. And it's because it's based on real lives, real stories.
oh man i cant believe i missed seeing this for this long, its so great seeing these guys now years later. respect to them and the men they portrayed
I watch it once a year right around Veterans Day. My grandfather served. It’s 2023 and I’m 47, he passed 30 years ago. He spoke to me before losing his battle with cancer. I don’t care to repeat what he shared with me mostly but he reminded me that I was almost 18, “a man” and that most men that served were no older than me. This series never fails to bring me to tears.
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he to day that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother”
actors and soldiers collide head on!
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To hear all these things about the preparation for Dike and how they shot the scenes that weren't included and what the actor thinks about his role makes me appreciate all of those scenes even more. I didn't know anything about the character other than what's in the show.
It’s amazing how this show has continued to impact the lives of the actors involved.
I have to re-watch this tonight a masterpiece of raw story telling with some of the best performances you will evet see!
I was in New Orleans and at the museum on the day the famous C-47 flew over the city and into the local airport. It was a moving sight.
In 2005 I met Don Malarkey and Buck Compton and got to speak with them for a couple of hours.
And in 2011 I attended Dick Winters' public memorial in Hershey, PA. I saw many of the members of Easy Co. there that day. It too was a special day.
Dammit, Meehan! You got me all teary eyed with how you spoke about playing that character - and I called you Meehan not in error but on purpose, just in the same way that I don't think of any of the others by their 'real' names. All of you have become present day avatars of the men you portrayed and Easy, in turn, has come to stand for so many millions of others.
EDIT: My word, there are plenty of unexpectedly deep emotional moments in this. Very glad I watched it. Especially that excellent closing speech. And Babe broke me ... ... ...
Great great video. If you watch this along with Livingstons diary you can see the amount of training and ultimately respect for one another. They still call each other by their character names like the discipline they learned on set.
Thank you so much for sharing these panels with us! Fascinating.
It will take me days, maybe weeks to get thru all of the video here from this awesome symposium, I love it! Thanks to all involved!
I kind of wanted to hear Shane Taylor talk. I felt he was left out.
Shane did speak more at some of the other events. Maybe they haven't been posted yet?
Best series and war footage ever made - period! Thank you!
9:19 Spears is giving that stare. WATCH OUT!❤❤❤❤
I own the series and have watched it at least 6 times. To see these actors and hear their experiences brings it back. These actors did an excellent job of portraying the real men of Easy Company.
It's unfortunate that "Doc Roe" Shane Taylor didn't speak. Would loved to have heard his thoughts. I haven't been able to find many videos of his point of view.
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Yeh, I feel bad for him, it's like they forgot he was even there. Kind of disrespectful in my opinion, I would have loved to hear him speak.
@@NicholasMcClintock1 He's in two other panels before this one, if you didn't know.
@@yoepdeligt682No, I didn't know that.
Im watching BOB once a week and lots of nights before going to sleep... its simply the best series ever made. Much respect to the men, that came, who gave their lives and who came to fight for our freedom! Much love from Europe/Austria! 🙏
Thank you for bringing to life the “Screaming Eagles” of the 101st AB Div. My uncle, 1stLt G.W. Austin was executive officer of an airborne ordnance company. He went into Normandy in a glider, “Market Garden”, Bastogne and the breakout from Belgium. He was wounded, and evacuated to the U.S eventually being medically retired at Ft. Deavens, MA in 1946. Thank you again!
My fav character is Webster.
Amazing to see this. Too bad they couldn’t get every actor all together at the same time for one of these.
Wow neat video find. These guys were great. Always young to me as the miniseries is timeless. Seeing these guys get a bit older though somewhat echos the aging of the actual vets.
so cool to do a Reunion type event(s) like this. I do hope current and future Generations of Americans can appreciate this Series and these fine actors who display so much pride in being involved recreating the aura of our real War Heroes. that's so important.
I was fortunate enough to spend some time at the WW2 Museum in 2017 and I was absolutely amazed at how marvelous that place was /is. Spectacular museum every American needs to explore and enjoy at some point in their lives.
This group of actors really held onto a profound respect and admiration for the men they portrayed back in 2001. It is very important to remember the men and women of our past wars.
Thank you to our vets. Pat, present, alive and deceased.
- From a proud American
Burr Smith was a friend of my uncle. I had the honor to meet him after his adventures (with my uncle) in Vietnam. He was always a very nice man.
It so weird seeing the real frank John Hughes. Guarnere is such a big personalit. Amazing performance.
What a wonderful event. Thank You
I’d love to see this same panel but with more of the guys.
And less gay
I know
The hill story is so military, get to the location and wait. I laughed when I heard that story because it reminded me of my time in the military.
These actors are all awesome.
Just randomly found this, great!
I am speechless...A true moment in History as impactful and honest as humanity gets...Best Wishes to you and yours
I was able to hold my tears all the way until the literal last 30secs and Babe has to start talking about the true heroes of war.... I lost it. Damn, what an incredibly powerful statement, and oh so true. Thank you to all service men and women for your service and your families for their sacrifice.
Why didn’t they ask “Doc” any questions?
I was sad to see that too.
About "Doc", it looks to me like he's an introvert, or that he's exhausted from the conference. I did want more insight on his character. But happy to see him at least.
Absolute top tier actors in my book, everyone did a phenomenal job! Seriously, everyone’s role couldn’t have been better without them!
They all deserve that credit, plus it sounds like the surviving “brothers” actually liked who was portraying them.
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Very nice to see this.
Thanks for this post.
watching george luz behind the MC, seems i could heard him mimicking his Major sink whenever them in Market Garden operation. what a movie. great one!
I've watched BoB 4 or 5 times and the emotions are same each time...just a terrific show. I can't think of one role that was miscast...I think it's great they get together and I'm very pleased I can share their experiences with them.
Phenomenal presentation!
It's so amazing seeing them age together 🥺🥺🥺
THX for your job !!! I love BoB
“But the noble man devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands.” Isaiah 32:8 NASB
Best factual dramatisation ever
Nice. A lot of the show was filmed up the road from me in a town called Hatfield. Great show definitely in my top 5 favourites... a lot of the actors are favourites too
I needed to hear Shane say "Baaaabe".
That was wonderful.
Amazing coming across this gem,sad that Damien Lewis and Ron rarely join in these reunions
I think to be far there are quite a few of the actors who have decided that this wasn’t for them, and have seemed to have distanced themselves from it. Matthew Letich is one I am surprised who isn’t there, he’s so heavily involved in the UK.
What a pity
I watch it every year in November as well as the Pacific
I wish they would have covered lt. Dike a lil more, somewhere along the line he just broke down, I mean he was in the bloodiest war to date. He was actually a decorated war vet by the time he got to bastone. He did a few valiant things in previous battles. They definitely mislead the actor who played him, in his exercise with the audience he says imagine your a lt. That hasn't seen battle before. How did dike get medals B4 he was sent to easy company if he never seen battle??
A list of his medal: Silver star, bronze star with oak clusters ( which would represent his combat jumps being he's airborne div.) Purple heart with oak cluster. Order of orange- nassau netherlands, second class. This last is an award from the Netherlands that is recognized by society for ones merrits. No way he has these awards being "fox hole Normand" if he was like that his whole career. Plus they wouldn't have sent someone who was a coward to one of the most battle hardened, decorated divisions of WW2. Something happened but was never brought to light. He actually saved a few men before bastone
My understanding is there was some miscommunication on the Norman Dike character in relation to the book.
I love the compassion that actor Peter O'Meara gives to the poor lieutenant.
Peter O'Meara was brilliant as Dike. Tough role and he played it with restraint and nuance. They were all exceptional in their roles.
“That’s sad” is such a great line. He plays that empty uniform very well. I’m glad he stood up for his legacy though.
The brotherhood of man..something you don’t see very often..
What I love about that phrase "people are still watching it." It is now a staple of almost all reaction channels. Up there with likes of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and so forth.
💕💕💕....LOVE THEM ALL!!!💘💘💘 GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE🙏
Its funny watching actors having to go through their own boot camp, first off they don’t get the reality of what boot camp is like because of filming time constraints. But then they have to get a very basic idea of what real military training is. So my hat off to Captain Dale Dye (USMC) for getting that done. Then weapons training…..no its not a gun its a rifle and yes you must train with it to learn safety, shooting with proper technique, and facing movements with weapons. But in the real boot camp there are things you learn that are not in the training manual, but were learned by soldiers that used and adapted tools, weapons, and every day items to either win battles or wars… and that is still in training to this day!
Doc Rowe with that United away kit way ahead of time
New boots was talking about the Corcoran jump boots. Lol. I still wear mine over 30 years post discharge. You put on them boots you'll never wear any other boots.
Thank you 😊❤
They are all amazing but I have to notice how incredibly similar Rick Gomez is to his character George Luz. Without a doubt Luz was always my favorite, he was the right guy for every occasion, he was the "luz" = (light in spanish) in the darkness. I wish George was that way in real life. But I have a question, does anyone know why "Doc Roe" didn't utter a single word?.
He seems to be a very quiet guy naturally and doesn't really talk unless he's asked a question (I think they knew exactly why they picked him as Doc Roe). But he talked a lot in other panels :)
Best tv series of all time
Am I the only one that thinks Lt. Speirs (Matthew Settle) kinda looks like Michael Palin from Monty Python? There are some spots in this video where he looks like a dead ringer for Michael Palin.
I can't believe this show was a almost a quarter of a century ago.
Just recently read James Hollands Brothers In Arms. Criminal that it will never be made into a mini series, especially when I think about how much money is spent on absolute drivel.
no hoobler Webster copp sisk Welsh Nixon ?(
The actors are even heroes along with the veterans of the 506 that did the time in the 101 during WW2. 🤗
Still the greatest war related series ever made.
How did I miss this?????
20++ years since bofb - i remember when it first came out
I'm just glad that out of the almost 8 billion people on this planet.....there are more good than evil....by a lot
The actor who played Norman Dike is 100% correct. That guy may have been not a great leader, but he was a man too who had to deal with his actions and the results of those who suffered by his action/inaction