That diminished status is a sore point for their superintendent Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin), who implores the division chief and close confidant Duane Steinbrink (Jeff Bridges) to get them certified as 'hotshots'. clearing brush and burning firelines relatively far from the danger itself. When we first meet these firefighters, they are no more than a municipal squad doing Type II fire mitigation duty, viz. These are men with real struggles and issues of their own, and in portraying these alongside their heroism, this well-rounded tribute becomes all the more compelling and poignant. Oh no, as adapted for the screen from a harrowing GQ article by Ken Nolan ('Black Hawk Down') and Eric Warren Singer ('American Hustle'), it is a celebration of ordinary, sometimes- flawed men doing extraordinary things that pays homage to their indomitable courage and self-sacrifice, but never does turn reverent to the point of idolatry. But this portrait of a fraternity of men who risk their lives day-in and day- out containing fast-spreading wildfires is much, much more than just that fateful incident alone. Kitsch remembers hearing about the Yarnell Hill Fire when it happened, but never knew the full story until he got the script for this film.The elite group of firefighters known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots came into national prominence because all but one of them perished in the deadly Yarnell Hill Fire of June 2013, thus marking the highest death toll for US firefighters since 9/11. In his next film, Only the Brave, the actor combines all that accrued experience for one of his most daunting roles yet: firefighter Chris MacKenzie (“Mac,” as Kitsch calls him), a 30-year-old wildfire specialist who died in the devastating Yarnell Hill blaze that claimed the lives of 19 firefighters in 2013.īased on a harrowing GQ article, Only the Brave, directed by Joseph Kosinski, paints a familial portrait of the 19 “hotshots”-firefighters who are specially trained to tame unforgiving wildfires-who died that day. He’s also, by his count, played at least six real people (including cult leader David Koresh, in the upcoming series Waco). In his most prominent acting roles, the native Canadian has played a Navy Seal ( Lone Survivor), a California detective ( True Detective), and a star football player ( Friday Night Lights), all with a thread of homegrown panache.
You would be forgiven for thinking Taylor Kitsch is the ultimate all-American guy.
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