#beamish

The War Below

🎥 I'm still making my way through the Hazelverse and The War Below didn't disappoint. What a performance from Sam the man! I really loved his character in this for so many reasons. He was tough, noble and genuine.

⚒️I loved how he played a working-class man and especially a miner because a lot my own ancestors were miners! It was also amazing to read the interview with him and to discover how much he invested in the part and wanted to get it right. It was also interesting to read that he thought the role worthy enough to face up to his claustrophobia. (link to interview)

🪖It's a war film, so you can expect an expected outcome 😭 but it's well worth a watch.

💔Some bonus moments were when he was reading the letters to his wife back home - oh god his voice! And he did a great northern accent too. Ah my heart went out to his wife. Also his interaction at the start with his son was just adorable.

🚋Parts of this film were shot in Beamish which is a really cool place in the North of England that's an almost complete village "museum" with houses, shops, trams etc all set up like they were a hundred plus years ago and you can go into them all. It's somewhere I enjoy visiting and it was awesome to see it in a film.