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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Israeli release renamed it "דור מזוין (Generation [[PrecisionFStrike Fucked]]/Fucked Generation)".
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** The real Eric Kocher was also cast, but he did not play himself, instead he played Gunnery Sgt. Rich Barrett, platoon gunnery sergeant of Alpha Company.
** Benjamin Busch, who played Major Todd Eckloff (Battalion XO), is an Marine Corps Reserve officer and was deployed during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and later did several tours to Iraq.
** Benjamin Busch, who played Major Todd Eckloff (Battalion XO), is an Marine Corps Reserve officer and was deployed during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and later did several tours to Iraq.
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* CastTheExpert: An interesting case. The actor who was slated to play Sgt. Rudy Reyes became unavailable. In a stroke of genius, they hired one of their military advisers to play the role... Rudy Reyes himself.
** Averted with Ray Person and Jason Lilley, who both auditioned to play themselves but did not get the part because they had changed too much in the six years between the invasion and the casting call for the series.
** Averted with Ray Person and Jason Lilley, who both auditioned to play themselves but did not get the part because they had changed too much in the six years between the invasion and the casting call for the series.
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* CastTheExpert: An interesting case. The actor who was slated to play Sgt. Rudy Reyes became unavailable. In a stroke of genius, they hired one of their military advisers to play the role... Rudy Reyes himself.
**himself. Averted with Ray Person and Jason Lilley, who both auditioned to play themselves but did not get the part because they had changed too much in the six years between the invasion and the casting call for the series.
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* FakeAmerican: In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan. Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
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** In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan.Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
** In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan.
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* FakeNationality: Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
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* YouLookFamiliar: Sort of. Eric Kocher played Gunnery Sgt. Rich Barrett. Simultaneously, Owain Yeoman played Sgt. Eric Kocher. David Simon just has a thing for this on varying levels: Jeff Carisalez is also in the series, though he doesn't play himself ala Rudy Reyes, and, humorously, plays an ''invented'' character. Inversely, the real Ray Person read for himself, but being five years older, out of the Marines, settled down in life and not on Ripped Fuel, he was far too calm and sane to play the 2003 version of himself.
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* FakeAmerican: In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Creator/AlexanderSkarsgaard as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan. Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
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* FakeAmerican: In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Creator/AlexanderSkarsgaard Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan. Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
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* FakeAmerican: In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Alexander Skarsgård as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan. Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
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* FakeAmerican: In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Alexander Skarsgård Creator/AlexanderSkarsgaard as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan. Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
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* ActorAllusion: Cpl. Person, when ranting about the decision to leave behind a crippled supply truck, which was later looted, makes a reference to the crime rate in [[Series/TheWire Baltimore]]. Guess [[Creator/JamesRansone who]] starred in Season 2? Also a possible creator allusion from Creator/DavidSimon.
* CastTheExpert / AsHimself: An interesting case. The actor who was slated to play Sgt. Rudy Reyes became unavailable. In a stroke of genius, they hired one of their military advisers to play the role... Rudy Reyes himself.
* CastTheExpert / AsHimself: An interesting case. The actor who was slated to play Sgt. Rudy Reyes became unavailable. In a stroke of genius, they hired one of their military advisers to play the role... Rudy Reyes himself.
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* ActorAllusion: Cpl. Person, when ranting about the decision to leave behind a crippled supply truck, which was later looted, makes a reference to the crime rate in [[Series/TheWire Baltimore]]. Guess [[Creator/JamesRansone who]] starred in Season 2? Also a possible creator allusion from Creator/DavidSimon.
* CastTheExpert / AsHimself:CastTheExpert: An interesting case. The actor who was slated to play Sgt. Rudy Reyes became unavailable. In a stroke of genius, they hired one of their military advisers to play the role... Rudy Reyes himself.
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* Why ''did'' Sgt. Colbert join the Marine Corps? In an interview given many years later, he admitted that he wanted to be a pilot, but he gave up after realizing he would have to spend years in college for that. So he did the next best thing.
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* ActorAllusion: Cpl. Person, when ranting about the decision to leave behind a crippled supply truck, which was later looted, makes a reference to the crime rate in [[Series/TheWire Baltimore]]. Guess who [[Creator/JamesRansone who]] starred in Season 2? Also a possible creator allusion from Creator/DavidSimon.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A rare positive example: the first episode had major issues running over-time, partly because HBO kept re-inserting a lengthy scene that the director and producers were perfectly willing to live without and kept taking out of the cut. In the end, HBO simply allowed the episode to run over the original limit.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A rare positive example: the first episode had major issues running over-time, partly because HBO kept re-inserting a lengthy scene that the director and producers were perfectly willing to live without and kept taking out of the cut. In the end, HBO simply allowed the episode to run over the original limit.
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* FakeNationality: In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Alexander Skarsgård as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan. Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
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* FakeNationality: FakeAmerican: In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Alexander Skarsgård as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan. Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
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** Averted with Ray Person and Jason Lilley, who both auditioned to play themselves but did not get the part because they had changed too much in the six years between the invasion and the casting call for the series.
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**Many of the minor American roles were played by South Africans as the show was filmed there.
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* Why ''did'' Sgt. Colbert join the Marine Corps? In an interview given many years later, he admitted that he wanted to be a pilot, but he gave up after realizing he would have to spend years in college for that. So he did the next best thing.
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* ActorAllusion: Cpl. Person, when ranting about the decision to leave behind a crippled supply truck, which was later looted, makes a reference to the crime rate in [[TheWire Baltimore]]. Guess who starred in Season 2? Also a possible creator allusion from Creator/DavidSimon.
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* ActorAllusion: Cpl. Person, when ranting about the decision to leave behind a crippled supply truck, which was later looted, makes a reference to the crime rate in [[TheWire [[Series/TheWire Baltimore]]. Guess who starred in Season 2? Also a possible creator allusion from Creator/DavidSimon.
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* CastTheExpert / AsHimself: An interesting case. The actor who was slated to play Sgt. Rudy Reyes became unavailable. In a stroke of genius, they hired one of their military advisers to play the role... Rudy Reyes himself.
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* ThrowItIn: An interesting case. The actor who was slated to play Sgt. Rudy Reyes became unavailable. In a stroke of genius, they hired one of their military advisers to play the role... Rudy Reyes himself.
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* ActorAllusion: Cpl. Person, when ranting about the decision to leave behind a crippled supply truck, which was later looted, makes a reference to the crime rate in [[TheWire Baltimore]]. Guess who starred in Season 2? Also a possible creator allusion from Creator/DavidSimon.
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* FakeNationality: In the miniseries, a few American Marines were played by foreigners. Notably Swede Alexander Skarsgård as Sgt. Brad "Iceman" Colbert and Israeli Jonah Lotan as Navy [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan. Also Moroccan-British Nabil Elouahabi played Kuwaiti translator Meesh.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A rare positive example: the first episode had major issues running over-time, partly because HBO kept re-inserting a lengthy scene that the director and producers were perfectly willing to live without and kept taking out of the cut. In the end, HBO simply allowed the episode to run over the original limit.
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* ThrowItIn: An interesting case. The actor who was slated to play Sgt. Rudy Reyes became unavailable. In a stroke of genius, they hired one of their military advisers to play the role... Rudy Reyes himself.
