Black Hawk Down is directed by Ridley Scott, but it’s produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, which might explain some of the cast: Josh Hartnett had starred in Pearl Harbor, as had Tom Sizemore. Jason Isaacs and William Fichtner are familiar faces from Armageddon.
I recently rewatched the film, which I’m glad to report still holds up, and I was struck by many of the actors, mostly unknown then, who went on to become big stars. In that way it’s very similar to Band of Brothers.
For instance, did you know that Tom Hardy is in it? And Nicolas Coster-Waldau. And Jeremy Piven!?!
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wow! I knew there were a lot of familiar faces, but I didnt know there were this many
great post Niall!
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cheers, rob
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I agree that it still holds up. If anything, I like it more now. By coincidence, two weeks ago, I included a short review in this post.
https://beetleypete.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/my-dvd-films-a-random-selection-1/
Ridley rarely fails to deliver. (At least for me…)
Best wishes, Pete.
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I love this! I had no idea all these actors were in the film, I thought it was Orlando Bloom and a whole bunch of unknowns. I suppose it was at the time. Time for a rewatch methinks!
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Yes, and some of them are barely recognisable. Tom Hardy is credited as ‘Thomas Hardy’. Gruffudd is in it for less than a minute.
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Hugh Dancy looks so young as well, it’s so weird.
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Jeez, that’s an incredible cast. Been a while since I’ve seen this, never realised it hosted so many of modern cinema/television’s big names!
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I didn’t know there were so many well known people in it.
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Haven’t seen this since before I knew who most of those guys were. Surprised at all the names that have gone in do big things. Great post.
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I’m gonna watch this movie again after reading this post just so I can spot all of the actors.
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