Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy talk about how they struggled to accurately portray the true story of Operation Anthropoid. This was the WW2 mission of Czech soldiers who killed the infamous SS General Reinhard Heydrich.
Many of the details about this covert mission were lost to the chaos of 1942 enemy occupied Prague. However, the script, written by Sean Ellis, closely follows the known facts. Above all, the trio were deeply touched while learning about the piece of history on which the movie is based. As a result, each felt an immense drive to do justice to the story as well as the historical figures involved.
Watch the interview to see more about how these actors accomplished the making of Anthropoid.