Quote: Master Chief

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For Mortensen's first scene, in which his character addresses some 40 prospective SEALs, Scott was looking for something more unusual than a normal drill instructor's spiel. Mortensen brought in a short D.H. Lawrence poem ("I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself...") that the director says showed richer and more intriguing sides of a character whose ensuing acts of violence are so horrific that many viewers may never get past them. The poem, in fact, becomes a crucial part of the film. For a key scene in which Mortensen's character gives a copy of the book to Demi Moore's character, the actor used his own, dog-eared copy.

Viggo Mortensen
Steve Pond, USA, Sep '97