The film also features several sequences
of armed combat on the streets of Paris. Mick Gould, a Technical
Consultant on the film, trained the cast in the methods and practice
of guerilla units, teaching them how to realistically handle and
fire their various weapons. A specialist in military action, Gould
has worked as a regimental unarmed combat instructor, a close
quarter battle instructor and an evasive and aggressive driving
instructor. Gould trained the actors extensively in shooting firearms
and also taught them about the behavior of terrorist groups. "I
asked him about the way someone like Deirdre would behave,"
McElhone recalls. "I think she had some fairly rudimentary
training but would not have the standard of training that Sam
has. The kind of movement she's involved in would never have the
luxury of resources that an American force would have. So she
will make mistakes, she will blunder and get through somehow,
more with self-determination than with experience or training."
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