Brendan Fraser on Portraying Eisenhower in D-Day Film 'Pressure'
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Jazz Tangcay
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Summary
Brendan Fraser discusses his role as General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the film "Pressure," which focuses on the tense 72 hours before D-Day. Fraser reflects on his childhood in Holland, his visits to the Imperial War Museum, and his surprise at discovering this lesser-known historical story about Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg facing immense pressure as the fate of the free world hung in the balance.
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Growing up in Holland in the 1970s, I'd go to London and visit the Imperial War Museum.
He'd read books. He'd seen the films, and he even heard first-hand accounts from neighbors who hid paintings from Nazis.
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