Eric Nenninger as Captain Dave "Captain America" McGraw, the erratic commanding officer of 3rd platoon, Bravo company.Brian Patrick Wade as Captain Craig "Encino Man" Schwetje, commanding officer of Bravo Company.
#GENERATION KILL SERIES#
The series is set during the invasion of Iraq, from late March to early April 2003. Marine Corps' 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the Iraq War's first phase. The cable channel HBO gave the go-ahead to a seven-part miniseries based on Evan Wright's book about his experiences as an embedded reporter with the U.S. The ensemble cast includes Alexander Skarsgård as Sergeant Brad 'Iceman' Colbert, James Ransone as Corporal Josh Ray Person, and Lee Tergesen as Wright.
The miniseries was directed by Susanna White and Simon Cellan Jones and produced by Andrea Calderwood. It is based on Evan Wright's 2004 book Generation Kill, about his experience as an embedded reporter with the US Marine Corps' 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and was adapted for television by David Simon, Ed Burns, and Wright. Generation Kill is an American seven-part television miniseries produced for HBO that aired from July 13 to August 24, 2008. You think you could ever sign a copy for me?" And I was like, "Sure dude, why don't you take the cuffs off me, I think I have one in my car.American TV series or program Generation Kill The MP's not really a party to any of this, but he has to keep me cuffed - we're driving in silence - and then he goes, "Hey you know I liked your book. We're going to throw you in a car and drive you out to the desert and make you walk back." He put me in the back of a car, and I could see them all standing around just like, "Whoops, we just handcuffed a reporter." They decided to escort me off the base. I said, "Why are you doing this?" He said, "Because we don't like your book. He came up to me and he's like, "You got to get off the base right now." And he had someone put handcuffs on me. I'd signed in at the base, and I'm standing there at sunrise, and as the sun came up I hear "Hey, Evan Wright!" It was first sergeant I didn't really know. They really started to try and dirty my name.ĮW: I had showed up at Camp Pendleton with Rudy Reyes' wife to greet him when he came back from a deployment. Because our sergeant major called over there and put in a bad word. That sergeant major made me assistant team leader to a corporal, a guy one pay grade lower than me with no combat tours. When I ended up with Second Recon battalion, I was on my fourth combat tour. People got to hear our story whether they liked it or not. EK: It wasn't a good thing - well no, it was.
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