Stephen Baldwin It wasn't on Special Forces: The toughest test in the world For the right reasons – at least if you ask the soldiers and stars Billy Billingham and Rudy Reyes.
“I think it's a classic example of, 'Oh my God, this is real.' And he wasn't expecting that. He loved it when he was doing something that looked like James Bond,” Bellingham said in a video. Joint interview With Reyes in Us Weekly New York City studio on Thursday, January 9.
“(Or) heroic,” Reyes added.
While Baldwin (58 years old) was the first to come out on Wednesday, January 8. PremiereHe had brief success on the Fox show while completing the first mission.
“Helicopter diving, yeah, he did a good job of it. Great, well done. But when it came to the rest of it, carrying (the military backpack) and running around, getting wet, he didn't want to know (anything about it),” Billingham said. ). we. “When he felt uncomfortable, he was looking for excuses. We heard a million excuses. We hear it all the time. He was looking for an easy way out where he wouldn't have to embarrass himself by saying, 'This is too hard.' The truth is, it was too hard. “He's almost 50, but I mean, I'm older than him.”
Baldwin had been part of the Welles production for less than 24 hours when he began complaining about a possible injury to the show's doctor. When the doctor offered to examine him, Hailey BieberHans's father has a strange breakdown about his future role, which he won't get injured for.
“What's great about this program, special forcesIs it really a window into military life?'” Reyes said. we. “When you watch military movies, they are combative, tough, and heroic. Most of military life is as disciplined or as fast as you can make a schedule. It's cleaning, taking orders, going on long hiking trips. It's uncomfortable. It's not glamorous. Our path is the same way. Of course, we do some really powerful helicopter work, ocean work, height stuff and cliff assaults, things like that. These are the strangest things. But the daily tasks are to show up where you're supposed to show up, listen to what needs to get done and then do it.
Billingham added that some cast members, like Baldwin, “weren't used to being called out.”
“I don't think he likes to be called out. At the end of the day, what we say is what we see,” he explained. “He was yelled at for a reason. He was pushed for a reason. And he didn't like it. He's used to stopping when he wants and doing what he wants. This did not happen. This reality soon set in for him. Not only was he fighting the elements and what we were succeeding at, but he was finding his own mind on how to portray himself and how he would get out of this situation. We've seen it a million times, you can tell right away. In general, men do this. Women just go in (with the mentality) 'We're just getting on with it.'
Billingham went on to point out that Baldwin was a “clever guy” but did not want to admit that he was being too introspective.
“He must have done his research. He obviously had done a fair amount of (military training) before (for the roles). He must have spoken to the people who were involved in the show. He knew what he was coming into,” he said, “but the reality of the thinking that “He knew him and then he showed up, that's what caught his attention. “And he was like, 'Oh, how do I get out of this?'
Baldwin is officially out after a bizarre confrontation with the show's doctor, in which he was visibly angry at not wanting to risk injury for an upcoming role.
“I think after that conversation with the doctor, the doctor had PTSD,” Bellingham concluded, laughing.
Special Forces: The toughest test in the world It airs on Fox Wednesday at 8pm ET.
