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The
show is based on historian Donald L. Miller's 2007 book of the
same name and follows the U.S. Air Force's 100th Bomb Group and
their risky raids over Nazi Germany.
"Elvis" star Butler plays Major Gale "Buck" Cleven, who
alongside his best friend, Major John "Bucky" Egan (Turner),
leads the young men, who came to be known as "The Bloody
Hundredth", on their deadly missions.
"I felt a lot of responsibility bringing this to life. They're
the true heroes and their bravery is second to none," said
Butler.
"The psychological turmoil they were going through at such a
young age, I'm just filled with this reverence and this feeling
of immense gratitude to them because they made the world a safer
place," Butler, 32, said.
British actor Turner, fresh off his star turn in George
Clooney's "The Boys in the Boat", said the series portrays both
the hazardous situations and the range of emotions the squadron
faced.
"You had a 23 percent chance of survival every time you went up
into the plane," said Turner.
"You get to see how volatile and violent it was every time they
went up but you also get to experience them dealing with their
grief and the effect on their mind, body and spirit."
The sets were so realistic and detailed they made Irish actor
Keoghan feel like he was part of the military, he said.
"You looked around and there were people just marching away and
military cars driving down the runway, just people going about
their business. I felt really brought back to that time period."
Getting the show off the ground and ready to air was a huge task
for all involved, said co-creator John Orloff.
"It was enormous. But that was the air war. My original
intention was we only make this if we make it to scale and scale
meant big," he said.
The first two episodes of the nine-part series launch on Apple
TV+ on Friday, with new episodes then released weekly through
March 15.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala and Rollo Ross; Editing by Ros
Russell)
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