Devotion: Glen Powell and Jonathan Majors starrer features actual 80 year old vintage planes - Did you know?

The wild things that filmmakers and actors pull off to bring authenticity, realness, and an edge to their projects are sometimes insane. Remember when Christopher Nolan blew up a real Boeing 747 plane in Tenet? Or how Christian Bale goes on extreme diets to fluctuate his weight to insane levels to match his characters without taking the help of prosthetics or CGI? It all feels surreal because they have put so much into a film that will be played on the big screen or maybe a show that will make it to living rooms. When filmmakers do this stuff and then talk about it, it is always fascinating. One such incident happened on the set of Devotion, which stars Glen Powell and Jonathan Majors.

Real Planes in Devotion

Based on the life of Tom Hudner and Jesse Brown, Devotion stars Glen Powell as Tom and Jonathan Majors as Jesse. The movie is set against the backdrop of aviation. Filmmaker JD Dillard once recalled how they used original planes to shoot the movie the kick it brought to him and the authenticity it brought to the frames. It is fascinating to hear him describe the vibe. Read on to know everything about it.

For the unversed, Top Gun: Maverick and Devotion were released around the same time, but the latter was not as blessed as the Tom Cruise starrer when it came to budgets. In an Entertainment Weekly interview, Director JD Dillard recalls how he was adamant about finding real planes for the film that were in working condition because he wanted to shoot with them. "When I first met the producers and told them that we had to [shoot] in-camera, the first problem was, well, where are the planes coming from?"

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"Finding 80-year-old planes that are still in working order, that can withstand the sort of stress we're going to put them through, was certainly a task, but at the end of the day, we had a hangar full of them. It adds a level of realism to put our camera jet 10 feet away from these flying museums and lens them up for real with the beautiful backdrop of clouds at 10,000 feet,” he added.

About Devotion

Devotion is a war drama based on the Korean War. The movie follows US pilots as they enter the war and perform acts of bravery that make them heroes. The movie stars Glen Powell, alongside Jonathan Majors, Joe Jonas, and Christina Jackson, and is directed by JD Dillard. The film will be available on Lionsgate Play soon and will also be available with the OTTplay Premium subscription.

You can watch Devotion on Lionsgate Play with your OTTplay Premium subscription once the movie drops on the platform. Stay tuned to OTTplay for more information on this and everything else from the world of streaming and films.

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