PHOENIX — The producers behind a movie about the elite firefighting team that lost 19 members in a 2013 Arizona wildfire are insisting that the story focus on the firefighters’ dedication, not the way in which they died.
Granite Mountain starts production today with a cast that includes Josh Brolin and Jennifer Connelly, The Arizona Republic reported.
Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura said the plot will focus on Eric Marsh, who led the crew, and Brendan Mc-Donough, the only surviving crew member.
Brolin will play Marsh, who was superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew, with Connolly playing his wife, Amanda Marsh.
Director Joseph Kosinski said it is a story of “true heroism.”
Amanda Marsh said it is important that the Hotshots are portrayed as people, not just participants in tragedy.
“I want the world to understand what it is like to be a Hotshot and what it is like to be a Hotshot wife,” she said.