But the domestic drama either doesn't fly - as with Marsh and his wife - or does, as with McDonough's fumblings toward fatherhood. The relationships built within the crew, particularly between McDonough and initial nemesis Chris "Mac" MacKenzie (a likeable Kitsch), provide some human ballast.
On-screen, his greatest sin is that (predictably) he cares too damn much. More punches are obviously pulled with team supervisor Marsh (played by the at-home-in-his-own-skin Brolin), whom, we're told, has made enemies with his attitude. Luckily, Teller is a skilled actor who more or less sells it. McDonough has a pretty easy time of it, going from unbelievably stupid crackhead to dedicated family man and reliable wildlands firefighter with surprisingly little on-screen struggle. But the film clearly treats its real-life subjects with kid gloves. Only the Brave is at its strongest in the easy camaraderie of the elite firefighters, with their goofing around and male bonding.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.There's a lot to like here: the dialogue, the relationships, the technical expertise but there's also a lot to not like here: the dialogue, the relationships, the technical expertise. And so far, every reaction I’ve gotten from the family members is that we did our job. Of all the opinions on a film, is one that truly matters to me on the deepest level. I believe so wholeheartedly in story being a heroic one, and one that needs to be told. The reaction so far has been everything I would have hoped and more-which, to me, is almost the most important thing. What kinds of conversations have you had with the loved ones of the real Granite Mountain Hotshots? I just finished the film two weeks ago, so we’re just starting to show it to the family members now. We could only work near it for a short period of time before we’d have to call cut so we could get away and cool down and go back for the next take. The intensity of fire, even at that scale…and then we got into flames that were 20 or 30 feet tall. Even a flame that’s only six or eight feet tall puts off a tremendous amount of heat-enough that other trees or bushes in the same vicinity would erupt into flames just by proximity. The heat generated by wildfire was something that we were all surprised by. What are the unique technical challenges of shooting a movie with live fire? I’ve done explosions before-but I had never done wildfire or forest fire before. “We could only work near it for a short period of time before we’d have to call cut so we could get away and cool down and go back for the next take.
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