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"The film crew watching from the side all screamed because they thought Tom's head would fly off," said Sanada, using his hand to make a chopping motion to his neck " Sanada, who plays a samurai in the movie, said he was swinging a real sword when Cruise's mechanical horse malfunctioned and didn't fall down as planned In "The Last Samurai," Cruise plays a Civil War veteran recruited to go to Japan to train soldiers to fight samurai, warriors who protected their feudal lords When he finally stopped the sword, the blade was a mere half-inch from Cruise's neck, Sanada told reporters Thursday through a translator while promoting the film in Taipei He didn't say where or when the close call took place "Tom's neck was right in front of me, and I tried to stop swinging my sword but it was hard to control with one hand," Sanada said Actor Says He Nearly Beheaded Tom Cruise Jan 17, 11:36 AM EST Actor Hiroyuki Sanada said he came about half an inch from chopping off Tom Cruise's head with a sword while filming a fight scene for "The Last Samurai "Everything I saw and read about Eisenhower is that he truly was the best of what we were, that he was the perfect man to lead what we call the best generation," Chetwynd said "That's very much who Eisenhower was, he was everyman and what has become almost a cliche about heroes: an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances," Selleck said aetv " Based on their longtime friendship, he said, "I would play poker with Tom Selleck over the phone â€â€? he's that honest and decent a man Germany, caught between the Allied push from the west and Soviet forces in the east, surrendered 11 months later " The actor did modulate his voice in an approximation of Eisenhower's restrained, Midwestern speech, part of a persuasive and intelligent performance George S m m S Selleck, the former "Magnum, P He is ultimately given authority for the massive invasion that involved more than 130,000 troops, some 5,000 ships and 11,000 aircraft So how did Tom Selleck, definitely not an Eisenhower lookalike, end up with the title role in A&E's "Ike: Countdown to D-Day"? It was all about character, Chetwynd said The movie creates battle-free but eloquent drama as it details Eisenhower's stewardship leading up to the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Nazi Germany-occupied France I One commander," Eisenhower says firmly â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: http://www The film's focus is Eisenhower's burden and how gracefully he bore it, including his nimble handling of self-important, flamboyant men such as Gen Chetwynd, an Oscar nominee for co-writing 1974's "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," also relied on the memoirs of Churchill and other key players including French President Charles DeGaulle, and on detail-rich Army histories "That's what was important in the casting, not to get somebody who looked like him," said Chetwynd, whose TV credits include "Kissinger and Nixon" and the recent "DC 9/11 EDT on A&E) opens with Eisenhower making the case to the British prime minister for unification of the Allied invasion forces under a single leader The movie (airing Memorial Day, Monday, at 8 p "My dad was in this war and all my uncles, and their wives waited at home and raised kids and hoped for the best EDT Tuesday, June 1, and includes interviews with family members and others "There can only be one commander, one conductor of this orchestra," Eisenhower says president, and being struck by one comment " An effort was made to give the husky, dark-haired actor a few of Eisenhower's physical characteristics: Selleck's hair is shaved and dyed, he's sans mustache and his eyebrows are less prominent "One supreme commander, in the air, on the ground, at sea," Churchill (Ian Mune) responds with a query in his voice, as if testing the idea "'It must be hard for an actor to play somebody who's so ordinary,'" Selleck recalled John Eisenhower saying â€â€? and it was clearly a compliment from a man who loved and respected his dad, the actor said According to "Ike," he was a general who cared deeply about the soldiers in his command, a homespun diplomat who could influence even a crafty politician like Winston Churchill, and a bold leader Selleck recalled speaking with John Eisenhower about his celebrated father, who went on to serve as a two-term U The wartime general and peacetime politician also is the subject of A&E's new two-hour "Biography: Dwight Eisenhower," which airs 8 p "I knew I had to get in a certain ballpark physically, but I didn't want to wear Eisenhower ears and Eisenhower nose and bald caps," the 59-year-old said It's the story of a man of courage, confidence and decency Selleck didn't want to take on the role as an acting exercise, he said, but because he felt a responsibility to history and the sacrifices the war demanded " star, "Friends" guest star and recent lead in a variety of TV movies, wanted to approximate but not ape Eisenhower's appearance Chetwynd and his collaborator on the film, producer Stephanie Germain, relied on a variety of sources during more than five years of research and preparation org Tom Selleck Stars in 'Ike,' Drama May 26, 12:18 PM EST A film paying tribute to Dwight D "With a known quantity like me, I sincerely felt the audience would be looking for the lines in the latex rather than listening to the lines in the movie The film co-stars James Remar ("Sex and the City") as stalwart Gen Walter Bedell Smith and Bruce Philips as British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery Patton Gerald McRaney plays Patton Omar Bradley, Timothy Bottoms as Gen It (the film) was kind of a way of paying homage to all that," he said com â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? EDITOR'S NOTE â€â€? Lynn Elber can be reached at lelber(at)ap "One invasion "I think the reason he was forthcoming with me was because of my interest in Eisenhower and the problems of command, which he (Ambrose) felt no one had tried to do in a film before," Chetwynd said Noted World War II historian Stephen Ambrose (who died in 2002) was a valuable source, providing Eisenhower letters and diaries, Chetwynd said "This is about the loneliness of command, the extraordinary courage it takes to command men and send them into battle and not lose your humanity Eisenhower and his World War II D-Day achievement required precise casting, said writer-producer Lionel Chetwynd |
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