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HACKSAW RIDGE
The Australian actor has signed on for Mel Gibson’s WWII drama about the first conscientious objector.
The true war story follows Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector in American history to receive the Medal of Honor. Vaughn will portray Sgt. Howell, a non-commissioned officer whose job is to prepare the soldiers for battle, pushing them to their limits.
Garfield is in talks to star as the title character, while Gibson is in talks to helm the war drama.
Logline: Centers on Desmond T. Doss who won the Congressional Medal of Honor, despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds. Doss was drafted and ostracized by fellow soldiers for his pacifist stance. But he was no coward. Doss saved 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa, without firing a shot.