
Yea, it deals with the realities, with the tensions that exist when you have somebody in such a heightened reality coming home to somebody who's living this kind of domesticated existence, and trying to keep things, you know, moving forward on the home front. On the film's conflict between duty and family And I think the same thing goes for firefighters. Guys, troops who are in war will tell you that the brotherhood in war is unlike anything you will ever experience outside of that situation. It's like saying, you know, going to war. Firefighters love what they do because there's a brotherhood. So I know these guys extremely well, and I've heard that said many times.

Me, I was a volunteer firefighter for 3 years in my twenties, and I've been around the firefighting community for 30 years. On his line "This is the best job in the world" So I think it's very apropos that we have something to bring more awareness to what these people go through every day – these common people doing very uncommon and very dangerous things in order to assure the safety of their communities." "With what's happening in California right now, I've had extended family be evacuated from their homes," Brolin says. In an interview, he says the film takes on new relevance in light of current events. Josh Brolin stars as Eric Marsh, the supervisor of the crew based out of Prescott, Ariz. Only The Brave is directed by Joseph Kosinski, and features Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Connelly. Hotshots are the elite crews that attack and try to contain wildfires with chainsaws, shovels and flames of their own (to create firebreaks).



The ongoing wildfires in Northern California have reminded many Americans of the courage - the heroism - of the men and women who fight fires in forests and wilderness.Ī new film called Only The Brave is based on the true story of the 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who battled, and ultimately lost their lives, in Arizona's Yarnell Hill Fire during late June of 2013. Richard Foreman/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Josh Brolin stars as Eric Marsh, supervisor of a wilderness firefighting team, in the new film Only The Brave.
