George Mackay, who plays Schofield, is just a fantastic young actor, really, but he embodies some of the qualities that I was looking for in him. There’s something about him that is slightly old-fashioned, and internal, honorable, and kind of ageless, in a way. — Sam Mendes
George Mackay as Lance Corporal Schofield
1917, behind the scenes.
“ He’s been an inspiration every day on set. You know, he’ll hug every crew member. So polite. Very Tuesday. George is a Tuesday. It’s a little in-joke that we have with each other. He’s gonna hate this. We all gave each other days of the week and he by far got the worst date. George got Tuesday, which is… great. Who’s that happy on a Tuesday, you know what I mean? ”
sam mendes saying one thing he can say got cut out of the movie was george swearing very loudly when he got knocked over during his run alongside the trench is the best thing ever