Masters of the Air

Summary

Austin Butler recalls breaking a costa while filmingMasters of the Air . found on the bookMasters of Air : America ’s Bomber male child Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany , the Apple TV+ miniseries recount the true story of the centesimal Bombardment Group during WW2 . The show features a lead cast of Butler , Barry Keoghan , Callum Turner , Anthony Boyle , and Rafferty Law . The first two episodes ofMasters of the Airwere releasedon January 26 , with the residual of the time of year get through the end of March .

Speaking withVariety , Butler recounts a harrowing experience getting injure on the laid ofMasters of the Air . During one of the fight scenes , the actor claimed that his “ rib crack . ” Despite the wound and pain , he had to continue crusade , even as his pain raged on for weeks after . Check out the full citation from Butler below :

There was a fight vista and yeah , my costa crack . It hurt and then I had to keep fighting . And it pain for a foresighted time after because every metre you breathe , you feel your ribs . But it could have been worse .

Masters of the Air TV Show Poster showing Austin Butler and Several Air Pilots in World War II Uniforms

How Masters of the Air Made Its Plane Scenes So Realistic

Butler ’s injury get part as a result of the acute filming appendage that went intoMasters of the Air . As name by fellow doer Turner , the actor were position on their aeroplane 50 foot up in the air . The planes were then attached to a massive gimbal , which is a gyro that mime the gesture of a plane dodging 50,000 feet up in the tune . So , while the actors may not have been piloting their planes , theMasters of the Airset sure made a tip to make it look like they were .

Masters of the Air is the long - awaited WWII serial from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks that has throw a staggering amount of notable histrion .

In addition to the gimbal , Masters of the Airachieved realism through the historic accuracy of its B-17 plane . According to airscrew supervisor Stuart Heath , the B-17s were made through a study of factual Boeing pattern that were then cross - checked with actual B-17s in museums . As a result , theplanes used inMasters of the Airare near “ 1:1"replicas of the real planes used by the Bloody Hundredth .

Austin Butler as Major Gale

Between the plane and the use of the gimbals , Masters of the Airdid everything they could to absorb the role player in the idea of being in intense , halter fighting positions . Sometimes , these methods had consequence for the actor , as evidence by Butler ’s injuries , . Hopefully , these risk pay off inrewarding activeness scenery asMasters of the Aircontinues with its nine - episode run on Apple TV+ .

Source : Variety

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Cast

Masters of the Air is an Apple TV+ original war dramatic event star Austin Butler , Callum Turner , Anthony Boyle , and Barry Keoghan . The series follows a group of eleven World War II pilot who fight German champion in a bomber call " The Flying Fortress . "   The miniseries was based on the book Masters of the Air : America ’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller .

Callum Turner and Austin Butler in front of a plane in Masters of the Air

Masters of the Air is an Apple TV+ original war drama starring Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, and Barry Keoghan. The series follows a group of eleven World War II pilots who fight German fighters in a bomber called “The Flying Fortress.” The miniseries was based on the book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald L. Miller.

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Masters of the Air