1 00:00:03,337 --> 00:00:06,386 You are The Legend. You have 24 confirmed deaths. 2 00:00:06,548 --> 00:00:07,845 I don't keep track. 3 00:00:08,008 --> 00:00:09,305 What a damn thing. 4 00:00:09,468 --> 00:00:13,769 We took a man who was iconic in the world in which he lived and moved. 5 00:00:13,931 --> 00:00:15,308 They called him The Legend. 6 00:00:15,474 --> 00:00:19,229 We tell your story in the most humane way possible. 7 00:00:19,728 --> 00:00:21,446 Your hands don't look the same. 8 00:00:21,605 --> 00:00:24,324 It's a human story about people... 9 00:00:24,483 --> 00:00:27,987 who fight in the world of war and in the world of the family. 10 00:00:28,153 --> 00:00:30,747 It's about a man that saved many lives. 11 00:00:30,989 --> 00:00:32,787 I think it conveys the idea... 12 00:00:32,950 --> 00:00:36,250 that it is not only the soldier who goes to war, but the whole family. 13 00:00:36,411 --> 00:00:38,004 I don't care about them, 14 00:00:39,289 --> 00:00:41,257 but us. 15 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:43,714 You have to come back to us. 16 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:46,847 It's not a movie in favor of war. 17 00:00:47,005 --> 00:00:49,224 Show the price that the war takes. 18 00:00:52,261 --> 00:00:54,639 The Sniper It is about the sacrifice of the soldier... 19 00:00:54,805 --> 00:00:57,729 what we ask them to give us when they go to war... 20 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,485 and what war takes away from them. 21 00:01:00,852 --> 00:01:02,069 You are my brother. 22 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:05,108 Those idiots are going to pay for what they have done to you. 23 00:01:05,274 --> 00:01:06,821 It's exciting. It has humor. 24 00:01:06,984 --> 00:01:10,079 It's a good love story. But in the end we also felt... 25 00:01:10,237 --> 00:01:12,865 what were we doing something special, something authentic... 26 00:01:13,031 --> 00:01:15,375 and maybe something deep. 27 00:01:26,169 --> 00:01:28,763 The journey that took to TheSniper... 28 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:32,267 it started with the producers Peter Morgan and Andrew Lazar... 29 00:01:32,426 --> 00:01:34,178 and screenwriter Jason Hall... 30 00:01:34,344 --> 00:01:36,392 and the provocative stories that they had heard... 31 00:01:36,555 --> 00:01:40,310 about a legendary sniper of the Army named Chris Kyle. 32 00:01:40,475 --> 00:01:43,399 We were interested in Chris's story... 33 00:01:43,562 --> 00:01:45,860 because we had heard about of his exploits... 34 00:01:46,023 --> 00:01:48,526 and the amazing things he did in its four deployments. 35 00:01:48,692 --> 00:01:49,693 Andrew Lazar Producer 36 00:01:49,860 --> 00:01:51,783 His story excited us... 37 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:55,791 even before it appeared Harper Collins book. 38 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:59,123 I was interested in a warrior of that caliber. 39 00:01:59,286 --> 00:02:01,129 had been on duty and in the SEALs... 40 00:02:01,288 --> 00:02:02,289 Jason Hall Screenwriter 41 00:02:02,456 --> 00:02:03,799 and at war for almost a decade. 42 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:09,009 The idea of someone who had gone so many times to war... 43 00:02:09,171 --> 00:02:12,721 that looked like Achilles and then he had returned... 44 00:02:12,883 --> 00:02:16,808 and the effect of war I'm interested in men... 45 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:19,348 and I wanted to see what it would be like in your case. 46 00:02:19,514 --> 00:02:21,391 Jason went to Texas... 47 00:02:21,558 --> 00:02:22,559 Peter Morgan Producer 48 00:02:22,726 --> 00:02:26,822 and discovered that Chris was a bone tough to crack, but also fascinating. 49 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:30,701 I arrived at a hunting ranch where I worked with several guys... 50 00:02:30,859 --> 00:02:36,332 and when I arrived I found Chris with fifty Texas police officers. 51 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:39,670 So there I was, the screenwriter... 52 00:02:39,771 --> 00:02:43,339 from Hollywood, with fifty tough guys. 53 00:02:43,497 --> 00:02:47,502 I think Chris and his companions of law enforcement... 54 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:50,171 they wanted to make fun a little from the Hollywood boy... 55 00:02:50,337 --> 00:02:51,839 to see what it was made of. 56 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:53,928 Chris barely spoke to him. 57 00:02:54,091 --> 00:02:57,140 He wasn't very loquacious, he wasn't very talkative. 58 00:02:57,302 --> 00:03:00,101 I asked his friends: "I can't stop asking him questions. 59 00:03:00,263 --> 00:03:01,515 Why don't you talk to me?" 60 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:04,811 And they told me: "He's a sniper. "He sits and waits." 61 00:03:04,976 --> 00:03:08,606 Jason had to work hard for Chris to open up. 62 00:03:08,772 --> 00:03:12,447 That night everyone was a little rowdy. 63 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:18,491 There was a SWAT that told me everything... 64 00:03:18,657 --> 00:03:21,285 and he bothered me a lot. 65 00:03:21,451 --> 00:03:23,920 Chris still didn't talk to me. 66 00:03:24,079 --> 00:03:27,879 That guy talked too much and I put him in a headlock. 67 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:30,635 I knocked him down. 68 00:03:30,794 --> 00:03:33,798 They didn't know that in reality He's a pretty good fighter. 69 00:03:34,297 --> 00:03:36,425 He was a state champion wrestling at school. 70 00:03:36,591 --> 00:03:39,936 So he managed to earn their respect. 71 00:03:40,095 --> 00:03:43,520 Then Chris told me: "You're a good guy. What do you want to know?" 72 00:03:45,517 --> 00:03:50,444 After gaining the trust of Chris Kyle, screenwriter Jason Hall insisted... 73 00:03:50,605 --> 00:03:55,862 in discovering authentic character of the man whose story he wanted to tell. 74 00:03:56,027 --> 00:03:58,075 I came looking for something and there it was. 75 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:01,458 I said to myself, "This man has seen something. 76 00:04:01,616 --> 00:04:06,247 been on the other side and he hasn't come back at all." 77 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:11,510 There was torment in his eyes and it was not comfortable. 78 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,887 The initial script by Jason Hall painted a portrait of Chris Kyle... 79 00:04:17,048 --> 00:04:20,518 based on classical archetypes of warriors in human history. 80 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:23,096 Jason began to form a story around it. 81 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:24,435 Peter Morgan Producer 82 00:04:24,598 --> 00:04:28,273 He ended up creating a modern Achilles. 83 00:04:28,435 --> 00:04:30,608 Chris is the extreme version of a soldier. 84 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:33,615 Chris is Achilles. That's how he is. 85 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:35,447 Everyone admires him. 86 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:38,704 Jason and I decided not to decorate it. 87 00:04:38,862 --> 00:04:42,412 Don't try to make it non-linear, Don't try to add anything. 88 00:04:42,574 --> 00:04:44,247 Jason always says... 89 00:04:44,409 --> 00:04:48,414 When you develop your material: "Just tell the truth." 90 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:54,303 So we create a very direct narration... 91 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:58,432 and a very direct character that fit Chris. 92 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:03,353 With his first version of the script, Peter Morgan and Jason Hall... 93 00:05:03,512 --> 00:05:06,857 they started looking for the right actor to play Chris Kyle. 94 00:05:07,015 --> 00:05:10,235 We had a list of actors what we had thought... 95 00:05:10,393 --> 00:05:11,815 Jason Hall Screenwriter 96 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:15,357 and the name Bradley He stood out on that list as someone... 97 00:05:15,524 --> 00:05:20,155 that, if he wanted to get deep, I could do it wonderfully. 98 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:26,043 I introduced him the story I wanted to tell... 99 00:05:26,201 --> 00:05:28,499 and responded immediately. 100 00:05:28,662 --> 00:05:30,664 We talk quite a bit. 101 00:05:30,831 --> 00:05:34,131 I hadn't read yet The Sniper, his autobiography. 102 00:05:34,292 --> 00:05:35,839 I loved the idea. 103 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:38,972 I have always liked the war genre, since I was little. 104 00:05:39,130 --> 00:05:42,885 Films like The Hunter, Apocalypse Now and Platoon... 105 00:05:43,051 --> 00:05:44,803 They always connected with me. 106 00:05:44,970 --> 00:05:48,349 As a child I was obsessed with the soldier's situation. 107 00:05:48,515 --> 00:05:53,146 It was crucial to find Chris' moments... 108 00:05:53,311 --> 00:05:56,360 and the transformation of his character... 109 00:05:56,523 --> 00:06:00,653 the person you become and what he almost lost in the process. 110 00:06:00,819 --> 00:06:04,414 It excited me. I had not seen a character study... 111 00:06:04,573 --> 00:06:07,622 of a soldier for a long time, perhaps since Born on the Fourth of July. 112 00:06:07,784 --> 00:06:10,458 Then I got to meet Chris. 113 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:13,499 When Chris talked to him, He was talking on the phone and said: 114 00:06:13,665 --> 00:06:14,825 Taya Kyle Widow of Chris Kyle 115 00:06:14,875 --> 00:06:16,718 "Very good. 116 00:06:16,877 --> 00:06:18,595 The only thing I have to do... 117 00:06:18,753 --> 00:06:21,256 is to tie you to my truck and drag you down the street. 118 00:06:21,423 --> 00:06:23,551 "You have to make yourself a little less handsome." 119 00:06:23,717 --> 00:06:27,893 Bradley managed to convince Chris. 120 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:30,898 "I'm going to take this very seriously. 121 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:33,151 If I'm going to interpret you, I'm going to do it seriously... 122 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:35,859 and I want you to drag me on the ground... 123 00:06:36,021 --> 00:06:37,648 and explain everything to me." 124 00:06:37,814 --> 00:06:39,612 That was very important to Chris. 125 00:06:39,774 --> 00:06:43,529 With Bradley Cooper on board, Jason Hall and Peter Morgan... 126 00:06:43,695 --> 00:06:45,948 they contacted the producer Andrew Lazar... 127 00:06:46,114 --> 00:06:49,584 in the hope that Warner Bros. Welcome the film. 128 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:52,834 Then something unthinkable happened. 129 00:06:53,914 --> 00:06:55,962 I received the script on a Friday. 130 00:06:56,124 --> 00:07:01,130 I wasn't going to give it to anyone. I was going to read it and discuss it with Jason. 131 00:07:01,296 --> 00:07:05,221 I had just spent a great day at the beach and I was going to spend the weekend reading. 132 00:07:05,383 --> 00:07:08,978 Around five twenty-five I got a message from Jason. 133 00:07:09,137 --> 00:07:11,731 It just said, "Chris has been murdered." 134 00:07:11,890 --> 00:07:14,643 I said... 135 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:17,437 I didn't even know how to react. 136 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:20,448 It hadn't been on the news and I couldn't stop looking on the Internet. 137 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:25,113 Around seven o'clock Pacific time... 138 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:28,452 the news started to talk of a shooting at a shooting range... 139 00:07:28,615 --> 00:07:32,245 and that night they identified Chris. It was disheartening. 140 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:37,291 I literally had the draft of the script and I read it the next day. 141 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:41,087 I opened it and started crying. 142 00:07:41,252 --> 00:07:44,347 Jason Hall called me and I thought: "Wait a minute. What?" 143 00:07:44,506 --> 00:07:47,100 It didn't make sense. 144 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:49,602 He's already home. No, he's already home. Return. 145 00:07:49,761 --> 00:07:51,479 He made four deployments. "It's okay." 146 00:07:51,638 --> 00:07:53,606 "No, another veteran killed him." What? 147 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:59,609 The tragic murder of Chris Kyle transformed TheSniper... 148 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:03,651 of a story with a happy ending, to something totally different. 149 00:08:03,817 --> 00:08:06,115 While the creative team was trying to regroup... 150 00:08:06,277 --> 00:08:10,498 Chris Kyle's widow, Taya, made a momentous decision. 151 00:08:10,657 --> 00:08:12,625 He called us ten days after the funeral... 152 00:08:12,784 --> 00:08:13,785 Jason Hall Screenwriter 153 00:08:13,952 --> 00:08:16,501 and said, "If you're going to do this, I want them to do it well. 154 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:21,385 Now this means more to me and for us it's been ten days." 155 00:08:21,543 --> 00:08:24,342 So we start to talk on the phone... 156 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:28,179 and we spent many hours, countless... 157 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:30,685 I would say about two hundred hours on the phone. 158 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:34,144 It was an opportunity for her... 159 00:08:34,305 --> 00:08:39,607 to preserve his legacy and make sure it was done right. 160 00:08:39,769 --> 00:08:41,112 Taya Kyle Widow of Chris Kyle 161 00:08:41,271 --> 00:08:46,619 She was a grieving widow in the middle of the greatest suffering of my life... 162 00:08:46,776 --> 00:08:51,657 and he was part friend, Part screenwriter, part psychologist. 163 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:54,872 He didn't have to stay awake until two in the morning... 164 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:56,628 to talk to me on the phone. 165 00:08:56,786 --> 00:08:59,539 His interest in doing it well was so great. 166 00:08:59,706 --> 00:09:01,458 I was very inquisitive. 167 00:09:01,624 --> 00:09:05,470 I didn't bite my tongue and I asked him very difficult questions. 168 00:09:05,628 --> 00:09:09,633 She offered me another side of Chris That wasn't in the book. 169 00:09:09,799 --> 00:09:12,473 I was able to meet that other side of the story. 170 00:09:12,635 --> 00:09:14,387 That changed the whole movie. 171 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:17,398 The movie would not be as it is, without Taya Kyle. 172 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:20,686 Without Taya opening her life to us. 173 00:09:20,852 --> 00:09:24,277 Jason started again and we talked. to change the frame of history... 174 00:09:24,439 --> 00:09:27,784 and focus much more on the relationship of the soldier with his family... 175 00:09:27,942 --> 00:09:32,539 and the almost schizophrenic appearance moving from deployment to home. 176 00:09:32,697 --> 00:09:37,123 What I understood when talking to Taya so many hours on the phone... 177 00:09:37,285 --> 00:09:42,542 It was how beautiful the story was. of that man and his wife. 178 00:09:42,707 --> 00:09:45,176 It was seen that that man that I was sacrificing so much... 179 00:09:45,335 --> 00:09:50,011 and what was happening due to extreme situations... 180 00:09:50,173 --> 00:09:53,973 he was capable of being the husband he was when I came home... 181 00:09:54,135 --> 00:09:56,638 and being the kind of father that I wanted to be. 182 00:09:56,805 --> 00:10:02,528 That was the key for the film was very human and authentic... 183 00:10:02,685 --> 00:10:05,313 opening up areas with which people can be identified... 184 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,403 because they have passed for that experience and say: 185 00:10:07,565 --> 00:10:11,115 "That has a patina of reality." That's because it's really real. 186 00:10:12,070 --> 00:10:14,289 Armed with a more sophisticated script... 187 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:18,748 that balanced the military career by Chris Kyle with his life at home... 188 00:10:18,910 --> 00:10:21,459 producers began to look for to the right director. 189 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:24,750 The first director associated with the project, As far as I know, it was Steven Spielberg. 190 00:10:24,916 --> 00:10:25,917 Rob Lorenz Producer 191 00:10:26,084 --> 00:10:29,554 I had worked on the script with Jason. 192 00:10:29,712 --> 00:10:34,513 They were going to do it at Warner Bros. And for some reason the agreement was broken. 193 00:10:34,676 --> 00:10:39,477 Clint and Steven have a good relationship. They really enjoy each other's company. 194 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:42,233 So I think Steven I was very happy... 195 00:10:42,392 --> 00:10:45,566 that if someone had to take the reins of the project, out Clint. 196 00:10:45,728 --> 00:10:50,325 Ironically, Chris Kyle had the same instinct as Steven Spielberg. 197 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:54,113 The only director Chris mentioned for his story it was Clint Eastwood. 198 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:55,280 Andrew Lazar Producer 199 00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:57,790 - The only director. - I think Chris loved Eastwood... 200 00:10:57,949 --> 00:10:58,950 Jason Hall Screenwriter 201 00:10:59,117 --> 00:11:01,245 Just like I wanted a Ferrari. 202 00:11:01,411 --> 00:11:05,461 I don't think I thought there would be no chance of counting on Clint. 203 00:11:05,623 --> 00:11:06,795 The studio asked me... 204 00:11:06,958 --> 00:11:08,238 Clint Eastwood Producer-director 205 00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:10,678 if I was interested in participating in the movie. 206 00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:13,636 Curiously, I was reading his book. 207 00:11:13,798 --> 00:11:14,799 THE SNIPER 208 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:16,639 I had about thirty pages left. 209 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:19,896 I told them: "Let me finish the book and I will call them." 210 00:11:20,054 --> 00:11:22,432 I called them the next day and told them: 211 00:11:22,599 --> 00:11:24,351 "Do you have a script for the project?" 212 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:28,067 They had it. They had a script and a screenwriter. So I read it. 213 00:11:28,229 --> 00:11:31,733 When we received the script, We all agreed... 214 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:34,949 especially Clint and me, in that it was very effective... 215 00:11:35,111 --> 00:11:37,864 regarding experience of Chris in the war... 216 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,032 Rob Lorenz Producer 217 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:40,997 and your experience at home. 218 00:11:41,159 --> 00:11:45,335 It seemed like we were all in agreement. It seemed like an interesting story to me. 219 00:11:47,999 --> 00:11:50,297 To bring to the screen the story of Chris Kyle... 220 00:11:50,460 --> 00:11:53,680 the producers knew that they had to resort to the source. 221 00:11:53,838 --> 00:11:56,762 When Clint and I started the project, Chris Kyle had already passed away. 222 00:11:56,925 --> 00:12:00,020 Neither of them had the chance to meet him. 223 00:12:00,178 --> 00:12:04,228 The only way to know him It was through his wife, Taya. 224 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:08,486 Bradley and I went to Texas to meet Taya. 225 00:12:08,645 --> 00:12:11,649 We met the family and the children. He has two adorable children. 226 00:12:11,814 --> 00:12:17,947 Document us for this film It was a very intimate experience. 227 00:12:18,112 --> 00:12:20,365 I didn't see them like Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper... 228 00:12:20,531 --> 00:12:21,691 Taya Kyle Widow of Chris Kyle 229 00:12:21,741 --> 00:12:24,961 who came to my house. I saw them as people with whom I had to collaborate... 230 00:12:25,119 --> 00:12:29,249 to contribute everything possible to the project. 231 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:33,966 I haven't changed many things from when Chris was alive. 232 00:12:34,128 --> 00:12:36,256 His closet is the same. 233 00:12:36,422 --> 00:12:39,050 I still don't see myself capable of changing it. 234 00:12:39,217 --> 00:12:44,599 So they could see our life. 235 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:47,734 I could watch hundreds of hours of images of Chris... 236 00:12:47,892 --> 00:12:50,145 with his family, with his two children... 237 00:12:50,311 --> 00:12:52,313 before they were born, when they were born... 238 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,108 and thousands of photographs... 239 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:58,779 and email conversations with Taya of the four deployments. 240 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:04,623 It was very enlightening, because we became an idea of what it was like without actually seeing it. 241 00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:07,628 I almost had to beg Clint put your feet on the table... 242 00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:12,042 but when he finally did it I said: "We're fine now." 243 00:13:12,208 --> 00:13:15,428 He told us many stories and many appear in the film. 244 00:13:15,587 --> 00:13:19,512 It was also important to me when choosing actors. 245 00:13:19,674 --> 00:13:24,020 When I chose the actors, starting with Taya... 246 00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:27,899 I needed people that could reflect... 247 00:13:28,057 --> 00:13:31,027 the same enthusiasm that she had. 248 00:13:31,185 --> 00:13:34,780 Choosing actress for the role of Taya Kyle It was not an easy task. 249 00:13:34,939 --> 00:13:37,317 Tests were done to dozens of actresses. 250 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:41,078 Among the many tapes that we received was Sienna Miller. 251 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:43,331 Nobody had seen her in a similar role. 252 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:48,541 He gave such a natural performance in the test that left us perplexed. 253 00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:52,708 We knew immediately who was the first candidate. 254 00:13:52,874 --> 00:13:57,755 She is a very good actress. I liked his other works... 255 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:02,801 but when he took the test For us it was splendid. 256 00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:05,641 You were right. They told me it's a boy. 257 00:14:06,012 --> 00:14:10,108 Like Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller had the opportunity... 258 00:14:10,266 --> 00:14:13,395 to enrich your interpretation going directly to the source. 259 00:14:13,561 --> 00:14:16,485 We talk a lot on Skype. I live in London. 260 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:19,617 She's in Texas, so we met on Skype. 261 00:14:19,776 --> 00:14:21,778 The wonders of the modern world. 262 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,491 We talk a lot on the phone. 263 00:14:23,655 --> 00:14:26,829 He came to Los Angeles before starting the filming and we spent a day together... 264 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:29,995 crying and hugging each other. It was wonderful. 265 00:14:30,161 --> 00:14:32,755 She is a formidable woman. 266 00:14:32,914 --> 00:14:34,131 Jason Hall Screenwriter 267 00:14:34,290 --> 00:14:38,215 Taya looks like she could give you a spanking or a hug. 268 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:40,597 Bring that heart... 269 00:14:40,755 --> 00:14:42,757 but also some of that hardness. 270 00:14:42,924 --> 00:14:46,224 I admire her very much for her resistance. and its elegance... 271 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:48,730 by being so kind to me... 272 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:51,061 when I was trying to understand how he felt. 273 00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:52,600 April 2014 274 00:14:52,767 --> 00:14:53,768 Do you know anything about them? 275 00:14:53,935 --> 00:14:55,187 Rabat, Morocco 276 00:14:55,353 --> 00:14:58,607 - I want you to come to the door. - Then we can... 277 00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:02,027 Filming day 1 of 44 Exterior. Fallujah Street 278 00:15:02,485 --> 00:15:06,786 It's a sniper movie. Most of it happens on rooftops. 279 00:15:06,948 --> 00:15:08,950 We needed an urban landscape... 280 00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:10,334 Rob Lorenz Producer 281 00:15:10,493 --> 00:15:12,291 similar to Iraq. 282 00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:18,551 We searched in several places and Rabat, Morocco, seemed ideal. 283 00:15:18,709 --> 00:15:21,963 Morocco was especially good by the architecture of the cities. 284 00:15:22,130 --> 00:15:26,101 It looks a lot like Fallujah. They have a style there... 285 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:28,353 which cannot be imitated here. 286 00:15:28,511 --> 00:15:31,230 After a year developing the script... 287 00:15:31,389 --> 00:15:34,017 followed by months casting selection and preparation... 288 00:15:34,183 --> 00:15:37,733 The Sniper began filming in locations in the Middle East. 289 00:15:37,895 --> 00:15:40,819 - Clapperboard A. - Clapperboard B. 290 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:44,073 When you make a film on location, no one comes home. 291 00:15:44,235 --> 00:15:45,236 Andrew Lazar Producer 292 00:15:45,403 --> 00:15:47,201 Everyone goes to the same hotel. 293 00:15:47,363 --> 00:15:50,788 Spending three weeks there relating... 294 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:54,705 I think some of the best War scenes were filmed in Morocco. 295 00:15:54,871 --> 00:16:00,173 Especially with a movie like this, about the war, being far from home... 296 00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:03,804 and be in a new environment It's disturbing. 297 00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:07,301 I think that was very helpful. so that the actors... 298 00:16:07,467 --> 00:16:11,017 They felt out of place, as would happen to a soldier. 299 00:16:11,179 --> 00:16:16,185 That allowed us to be together not only on screen, but also behind. 300 00:16:16,350 --> 00:16:19,820 When we get to California to shoot the rest of the movie... 301 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:23,779 there was a strong feeling of camaraderie with the actors. 302 00:16:23,941 --> 00:16:27,195 We were able to shoot for two weeks six days in Rabat, Morocco. 303 00:16:27,361 --> 00:16:31,491 The place where we filmed in Rabat It has a very specific energy... 304 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:33,785 and the people were wonderful... 305 00:16:33,951 --> 00:16:37,876 but it's a very different world to Los Angeles and the United States. 306 00:16:38,039 --> 00:16:41,964 Above all, you realize of what it means to guide yourself... 307 00:16:42,126 --> 00:16:45,801 like a soldier in those areas, because you have to clean houses... 308 00:16:45,963 --> 00:16:48,386 that is, enter a place... 309 00:16:48,549 --> 00:16:51,348 and record it all to check that it is safe. 310 00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:54,230 So "clean" means enter one house after another. 311 00:16:54,388 --> 00:16:56,811 There are very narrow stairs five floors. 312 00:16:56,974 --> 00:17:01,980 Loads with 35 kilos, and a sniper He also carries a huge weapon. 313 00:17:02,146 --> 00:17:07,869 So be able to maneuver In that space it was very illuminating. 314 00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:11,577 You realize how difficult which is your job. 315 00:17:11,739 --> 00:17:14,618 We hired Jim Dever, who has made several war films. 316 00:17:14,784 --> 00:17:17,003 Jim knows a lot... 317 00:17:17,161 --> 00:17:20,381 and he made sure that we had the right equipment... 318 00:17:20,539 --> 00:17:22,132 and the appropriate uniforms. 319 00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:24,134 James D. Dever Military technical advisor 320 00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:26,341 With a true story like The Sniper... 321 00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:29,849 You have to check that everything is realistic. They have the right weapons... 322 00:17:30,007 --> 00:17:33,307 of those periods, from 2003 to 2008, and the weapons Chris Kyle used. 323 00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:37,895 Jim found all the tanks, helicopters and planes... 324 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:41,903 what we modified so that the movie was as realistic as possible. 325 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:44,610 We use soldiers from Morocco. 326 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:49,448 I collaborated with the Moroccan Army. We had tanks and SUVs. 327 00:17:49,610 --> 00:17:54,207 The scale of the film is perceived. It really looks like Iraq. 328 00:17:54,365 --> 00:17:58,040 That's why we filmed in Morocco, for the panoramas and all that. 329 00:17:58,202 --> 00:18:01,046 We were also lucky to have Kevin Lacz. 330 00:18:01,205 --> 00:18:04,004 It had been essential for Jason When writing the script... 331 00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:06,009 so we wanted to talk to him. 332 00:18:06,169 --> 00:18:10,174 If The Sniperhad a secret weapon, it wasKevin Lacz... 333 00:18:10,339 --> 00:18:14,094 one of Chris Kyle's soldiers in SEAL Team Three. 334 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:15,978 I was assigned to Kevin Lacz to train me. 335 00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:20,187 He was with Chris on two deployments. in Iraq as a SEAL sniper. 336 00:18:20,349 --> 00:18:23,853 It seemed incredible to me and he taught me many things. 337 00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:27,399 Had to train Bradley and take some shots. 338 00:18:27,565 --> 00:18:30,819 We did a three day course and two hours later Bradley told me: 339 00:18:30,985 --> 00:18:32,953 "Have you thought in interpreting yourself?" 340 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:37,037 I told him: "I don't know if I'm a good actor, But I'll do what I can." 341 00:18:37,199 --> 00:18:39,079 I thought I had a magnificent face and voice... 342 00:18:39,243 --> 00:18:41,496 and it was a character in the movie... 343 00:18:41,662 --> 00:18:45,383 so I thought: "Why hire someone to interpret you? 344 00:18:45,541 --> 00:18:46,667 Do you want to do it?" 345 00:18:46,834 --> 00:18:49,428 To Clint, Bradley and all of us It seemed obvious to us... 346 00:18:49,587 --> 00:18:52,591 who could interpret himself, if he was capable. 347 00:18:52,757 --> 00:18:56,762 Have a real SEAL there It improved my work. 348 00:18:56,928 --> 00:18:59,306 When you try to make a maneuver... 349 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:03,852 with a real SEAL instead of an actor, that is priceless. 350 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:08,198 With the help of Kevin Lacz, Bradley Cooper started the process... 351 00:19:08,356 --> 00:19:13,658 to become Chris Kyle, starting with her slim silhouette. 352 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:19,121 When we arrive, Bradley weighed about eighty kilos. 353 00:19:19,283 --> 00:19:22,583 When we start, duo: I'm going to have to gain weight... 354 00:19:22,745 --> 00:19:26,124 At first I weighed very little. He weighed just over eighty kilos. 355 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:31,547 I think in the end it was heavy about one hundred and five kilos. 356 00:19:31,712 --> 00:19:35,387 Down... 357 00:19:35,549 --> 00:19:40,020 I had to gain weight and talk like him to believe it was him. 358 00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:43,274 If I thought it was him, It was possible that you believed it. 359 00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:46,652 If I didn't believe it, It was impossible for you to believe it. 360 00:19:46,811 --> 00:19:48,654 There is a scene weight lifting... 361 00:19:48,813 --> 00:19:51,487 and Bradley really did it. They weren't fake weights. 362 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:54,994 I think it was one hundred and ninety kilos. 363 00:19:55,152 --> 00:19:59,077 I did a training with the incredible Jason Walsh... 364 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,163 which consisted of lifting weights... 365 00:20:01,325 --> 00:20:04,499 without cardiovascular exercise, throughout the preparation and filming. 366 00:20:04,662 --> 00:20:08,257 And eat, basically, up to six thousand calories a day. 367 00:20:08,416 --> 00:20:10,418 We did barbell squats. 368 00:20:10,584 --> 00:20:14,680 I said to Clint, "Why don't we do a plane where only noise is heard?" 369 00:20:14,839 --> 00:20:18,264 It is a beautiful plan. He's about to come home... 370 00:20:18,426 --> 00:20:21,020 after its first deployment and it doesn't stop turning. 371 00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:24,182 We wanted to show the strength he had. 372 00:20:24,348 --> 00:20:27,602 I told Clint: "Put the weights on. I can do it." 373 00:20:27,768 --> 00:20:30,738 I think I could do up to seven. When the camera arrived, I thought: 374 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:32,944 "My God, I hope the camera arrives." 375 00:20:33,107 --> 00:20:37,362 I was suffering for him. "No. How many more can he do?" 376 00:20:37,528 --> 00:20:38,950 It was: "Roll. I can do it." 377 00:20:39,113 --> 00:20:43,163 I think I was worried, but we did it three or four times. 378 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:53,378 In addition to his physical transformation... 379 00:20:53,544 --> 00:20:57,048 Bradley Cooper trained as a sniper. 380 00:20:57,214 --> 00:21:00,184 In the research process I was stunned... 381 00:21:00,342 --> 00:21:02,265 When you see what you have to do a SEAL. 382 00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:05,773 I had no idea what it means... 383 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:07,649 align a goal. 384 00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:10,652 For example, you have to take into account... 385 00:21:10,811 --> 00:21:14,315 the rotation of the Earth, because of course, the world is not flat. 386 00:21:14,482 --> 00:21:16,951 If the target is too far away... 387 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:22,161 the rotation of the earth influences the trajectory of the bullet... 388 00:21:22,323 --> 00:21:24,542 along with the wind and so many other things. 389 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:28,204 Shoot with real bullets, live ammunition, which I trained with... 390 00:21:28,370 --> 00:21:31,374 It was very valuable to perceive the power of the weapon. 391 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:34,214 It was impressive to see how Bradley transformed... 392 00:21:34,377 --> 00:21:36,379 and handed himself over to Chris Kyle. 393 00:21:36,545 --> 00:21:39,765 His level of commitment was evident. every day. 394 00:21:39,924 --> 00:21:42,143 I think that inspired us. 395 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:47,432 I could make a very good movie without trying so hard to be Chris. 396 00:21:47,598 --> 00:21:51,193 He has talent. He is very gifted for his profession. 397 00:21:51,352 --> 00:21:53,195 No, we need them upstairs. 398 00:21:53,354 --> 00:21:56,733 - If I'm on the street... - Going house to house is the most dangerous thing. 399 00:21:57,483 --> 00:21:59,451 Do you have a savior complex? 400 00:21:59,610 --> 00:22:02,079 I want to kill the bad guys, but I need to see them. 401 00:22:02,238 --> 00:22:05,913 These know you and feel invincible if you are on top. 402 00:22:06,075 --> 00:22:08,794 - Well, they are not. - They are, if you believe it. 403 00:22:09,078 --> 00:22:10,375 You keep pulling the trigger. 404 00:22:10,538 --> 00:22:12,961 Let's see if we find Al Zarqawi. 405 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:17,215 When people see this movie, see the heart, the soul, the character... 406 00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:20,302 from the real Chris. It is not one-dimensional. 407 00:22:20,464 --> 00:22:22,887 He is a Chris with many facets. 408 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:26,771 There was a psychic element. 409 00:22:26,929 --> 00:22:31,105 At some point caught an element of Chris Kyle... 410 00:22:31,267 --> 00:22:34,612 that transformed his voice and his body. 411 00:22:34,770 --> 00:22:37,899 When I looked at the monitor and he adopted a certain posture... 412 00:22:38,065 --> 00:22:41,535 I saw it over my shoulder and had an aura... 413 00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:45,790 It felt like Chris Kyle and it made me goosebumps on the arms. 414 00:22:45,948 --> 00:22:49,043 I knew Chris, I had seen him and had been with him. 415 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:54,128 It was a feeling of: "Holy shit, it's Chris." 416 00:22:54,290 --> 00:22:56,793 I think Chris came with me throughout the entire movie... 417 00:22:56,959 --> 00:23:01,089 although it sounds mystical. I can't believe I said that. 418 00:23:01,255 --> 00:23:04,850 But that's what I felt. That's why I was confident and calm... 419 00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:09,185 and I was able to get into all the scenes, because I noticed his presence. 420 00:23:10,264 --> 00:23:15,236 Bradley Cooper's commitment was beyond playing the protagonist. 421 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:17,362 He was also one of the producers... 422 00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:20,821 and got involved in all phases of production. 423 00:23:20,983 --> 00:23:24,203 In fact, Cooper's commitment It reminded him of his director... 424 00:23:24,361 --> 00:23:26,864 to another young actor whom he once knew. 425 00:23:27,031 --> 00:23:30,706 He is very interested in the whole project and in all its aspects. 426 00:23:30,868 --> 00:23:35,874 He is a very activist actor, Just like me when I was young. 427 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:39,510 I was interested for the project in general... 428 00:23:39,668 --> 00:23:43,138 and surely that led me to direct. 429 00:23:43,297 --> 00:23:47,393 I suspect that surely in the future... 430 00:23:47,551 --> 00:23:50,976 He will also want to direct. 431 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,148 Very good, Cole. 432 00:23:54,558 --> 00:23:58,608 Now an octogenarian, directing his 35th film... 433 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:01,615 the professionalism of Clint Eastwood and its pure energy... 434 00:24:01,774 --> 00:24:04,653 they inspired the entire team of production. 435 00:24:04,818 --> 00:24:07,867 Clint is the quintessential leader. 436 00:24:08,030 --> 00:24:10,283 When Clint was in Morocco, He didn't sit down. 437 00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:12,952 He spent the day filming, to the sun, and I told him: 438 00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:15,746 "For God's sake, please sit down now." 439 00:24:15,913 --> 00:24:19,713 You don't want to sit down. When he works with Clint... 440 00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:22,503 one does not want to sit, because he never sits down. 441 00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:25,890 Clint seemed very instinctive to me. 442 00:24:26,048 --> 00:24:29,464 Trust in yourself and It has a capacity... 443 00:24:29,565 --> 00:24:32,181 innate to find the truth. 444 00:24:32,346 --> 00:24:34,474 He is very calm and confident... 445 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,144 and he is very confident in his ability to know when you have what you need. 446 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:41,814 It gives you freedom as an actor. 447 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:46,782 It gave the film a harshness and a feeling of "sand in the mouth"... 448 00:24:46,944 --> 00:24:49,948 which was very authentic and it didn't seem like anything... 449 00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:53,368 that tried to extract you an emotion. 450 00:24:53,534 --> 00:24:55,832 Let things happen in front of us... 451 00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:59,875 and let the public choose if you want to accompany him on his trip. 452 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:06,389 Since I met Taya and the rest of the family in Texas... 453 00:25:06,547 --> 00:25:09,391 I had a pretty clear idea how I wanted everything to be. 454 00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:14,522 Jason, who wrote the story, Much had been documented... 455 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:19,652 so I took advantage of what they knew all the rest and put it in the mix. 456 00:25:19,810 --> 00:25:23,189 At this point in his career, in his life and from his talent, he has the ability... 457 00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:26,029 to have confidence and be willing to step aside... 458 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:29,616 and let Chris take the reins. It's what I experienced as an actor. 459 00:25:29,778 --> 00:25:34,124 We step aside and we put history at the forefront. 460 00:25:34,283 --> 00:25:37,878 It is not a film with a direction or exaggerated music... 461 00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:41,837 and camera movements They are always economical. 462 00:25:41,999 --> 00:25:44,969 I think that is due because I was very aware of: 463 00:25:45,127 --> 00:25:47,676 "In this case, Let's focus on him." 464 00:25:47,838 --> 00:25:49,636 I felt the same as an actor. 465 00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:55,146 The vain part of me could want some great moment... 466 00:25:55,304 --> 00:25:58,183 but no, Chris wasn't like that. 467 00:26:00,142 --> 00:26:02,565 After twelve days of filming in Morocco... 468 00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:06,983 The team returned to California to finish TheSniper... 469 00:26:07,149 --> 00:26:10,244 including the love story by Chris and Taya Kyle. 470 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:13,372 In my opinion, the heart of the film It's on Chris and Taya... 471 00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:17,034 and that love story that completely transcends... 472 00:26:17,201 --> 00:26:19,829 let it be a western or a war movie. 473 00:26:19,995 --> 00:26:22,373 It is something much deeper. 474 00:26:22,539 --> 00:26:26,544 Although Bradley Cooper admired Sienna Miller's work... 475 00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:30,556 the issue was about to be resolved of their chemistry in front of the camera. 476 00:26:30,714 --> 00:26:32,557 Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. 477 00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:35,310 We were lucky to fit in. immediately. It was easy. 478 00:26:35,469 --> 00:26:38,393 Clint is great because he never cuts back. 479 00:26:38,555 --> 00:26:42,059 Sometimes it doesn't even say "action", so you don't know what's going on. 480 00:26:42,226 --> 00:26:44,570 I think he left the camera rolling in the first scene... 481 00:26:44,728 --> 00:26:49,655 seven minutes, and there comes a moment when you are in free fall. 482 00:26:50,109 --> 00:26:52,032 You are obviously military. What body? 483 00:26:52,194 --> 00:26:54,071 I'm going to enter shooter school. 484 00:26:54,238 --> 00:26:56,536 - You're crazy? Are you a SEAL? - Yes, ma'am. 485 00:26:56,699 --> 00:27:01,045 It's quite pretentious to believe You can protect us all, right? 486 00:27:01,203 --> 00:27:05,549 Our instructor He told us that there are three... 487 00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:07,000 Okay. 488 00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:10,888 There are three things that should concern us: Ego, drinking and women. 489 00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:12,218 Well... 490 00:27:12,381 --> 00:27:14,509 It seems like you have a problem. 491 00:27:15,676 --> 00:27:17,895 The curious thing about Clint Eastwood It's just that he doesn't rehearse. 492 00:27:18,053 --> 00:27:20,897 We don't work together on a scene until we shot it... 493 00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:23,309 and I like that, as long as everyone does their job. 494 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:28,151 That lends itself to spontaneity. and organic exchanges... 495 00:27:28,438 --> 00:27:30,987 and, frankly, to a lot of surprises. 496 00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:34,575 Creatively, it was much more than I imagined. 497 00:27:34,736 --> 00:27:39,162 When you accept that you have two or three shots at most... 498 00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:41,452 When you enter that environment... 499 00:27:41,618 --> 00:27:44,872 It is the creative experience most liberating I've ever had. 500 00:27:45,038 --> 00:27:48,508 And working with Bradley, who surely be the most amazing person... 501 00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:52,262 with whom I have worked because of how open and generous... 502 00:27:52,421 --> 00:27:56,051 and how willing he is to experiment and improvise. 503 00:27:56,216 --> 00:28:00,722 We both felt a responsibility tremendous to do justice to that couple. 504 00:28:00,888 --> 00:28:02,982 It was amazing have a partner like her. 505 00:28:03,140 --> 00:28:05,438 interpret someone who is going through so many things... 506 00:28:05,601 --> 00:28:08,946 a woman in that environment, who tries to raise his children... 507 00:28:09,104 --> 00:28:13,109 who tries to support her husband, but it collapses inside... 508 00:28:13,275 --> 00:28:16,996 and knowing her, I felt an enormous responsibility to do justice. 509 00:28:17,154 --> 00:28:22,285 Do justice tohistory by Chris Kyle was the main thing... 510 00:28:22,451 --> 00:28:25,830 when filming finished after forty-four days. 511 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:31,837 I think we tell a story in a very human way... 512 00:28:32,002 --> 00:28:36,724 and that there was a kernel of truth that people would identify with... 513 00:28:36,882 --> 00:28:40,853 that I had never seen, that we reflect well a part of him. 514 00:28:42,262 --> 00:28:46,187 In the following months, during the premiere and after... 515 00:28:46,350 --> 00:28:48,899 the creative team that led TheSniper to the public... 516 00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:50,062 THE SNIPER 517 00:28:50,229 --> 00:28:51,731 THE MOST LETHAL SHOOTER FROM HISTORY 518 00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:53,695 hoped that his themes They would be durable. 519 00:28:53,857 --> 00:28:56,827 It is not a moralizing film. The great thing is the character study. 520 00:28:56,985 --> 00:29:01,206 But I think the movie will Let people ask a lot of questions... 521 00:29:01,365 --> 00:29:05,541 because it raises serious questions. 522 00:29:05,702 --> 00:29:09,081 Believe it or not In a particular war... 523 00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:13,173 you have to appreciate that there are people willing to go there... 524 00:29:13,335 --> 00:29:15,633 to make those sacrifices for us. 525 00:29:15,796 --> 00:29:19,096 In my opinion, that's what it looks like. most important of the film. 526 00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:23,478 It is a complex story and the people You will have mixed emotions. 527 00:29:23,637 --> 00:29:25,480 Some will watch a movie... 528 00:29:25,639 --> 00:29:29,234 that honors someone who made, according to many people, heroic things. 529 00:29:29,393 --> 00:29:32,647 Others will surely feel very affected by what they see... 530 00:29:32,813 --> 00:29:34,235 and shocked. 531 00:29:34,398 --> 00:29:37,072 But that's the world we live in. This happened. 532 00:29:37,234 --> 00:29:40,579 I was hoping you guys would see the movie. like what it was... 533 00:29:40,737 --> 00:29:43,911 or what it was intended to be, a movie about soldiers and their families. 534 00:29:44,074 --> 00:29:45,701 Nothing else. Two days before the premiere... 535 00:29:45,867 --> 00:29:48,871 I went to San Antonio, Texas. There was a pass and I spoke with the veterans. 536 00:29:49,037 --> 00:29:50,038 Brooke Medical Center 537 00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:53,630 A Marine, very excited, told us that we had reflected history well. 538 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:57,763 If you know anything about military life, If a Marine cries in front of others... 539 00:29:57,921 --> 00:29:59,298 That's something happening. 540 00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:02,559 Jacob, a Marine sniper that was with me... 541 00:30:02,718 --> 00:30:07,849 He told me: "You can't imagine the value what it took to do that." 542 00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:11,986 I thought: "Yes. Then that's it. "We've done well."