“Our job here is not to screw up the lives of the subject matter.
Hanks explained during the podcast that the producers had no ego about the show and welcomed all feedback from the veterans themselves. The original plan for the episode was to stress the uncertainty the paratroopers faced during the invasion of Normandy, but apparently the editors overdid it. Winters was speaking about the show’s depiction of the assault on Brécourt Manor, an action that earned him the Distinguished Service Cross and is still taught at the US Military Academy at West Point as an example of effective small-unit tactics. You have it looking like we haven’t even read the map correctly!” “The problem is you have us looking like we don’t know what we’re doing,” Hanks recalled Winters saying. The World War II veteran confessed the show had gotten the historical details correct when it came to weapons, uniforms, and lingo, but he felt it was wrong in its portrayal of the famed paratroopers. However, according to Hanks, Winters was less than pleased. After all, the series was given an immense budget of $125 million (the highest budget for a TV show up to that point), and both Hanks and Steven Spielberg were determined to bring an unprecedented level of authenticity to the show. Hanks recounts during the podcast how the producers expected Winters to be delighted with what he saw.
Screenshot from YouTube.īefore the series moved into post-production, some of the initial footage was screened for Winters at his home in Pennsylvania. Filmmakers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg went to great lengths to tell the story of Easy Company accurately.
Dick Winters and some of the other veterans of Easy Company.
Ambrose’s book of the same name.Ĭo-creator, producer, and director Tom Hanks joined the podcast’s prologue and revealed some previously unknown hurdles the filmmakers encountered while getting the show off the ground - most notably, harsh criticism from World War II legend Maj. The new podcast, hosted by Roger Bennett, features directors, producers, and cast members dissecting the 10-episode story based on Stephen E. The show followed the men of Easy Company from D-Day to the end of World War II in Europe and set a new standard for war dramas. 9, 2021, HBO released a 12-part podcast event marking the 20th anniversary of the network’s groundbreaking miniseries Band of Brothers.
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