Two other men who helped subdue the attacker also portrayed themselves, French-American professor Mark Moogalian and British IT consultant Chris Norman. Eastwood said that in his mind, he kept circling back to the real-life heroes from The 15:17 to Paris true story. Eastwood never made official offers to the actors, and less than a month later, he cast Skarlatos, Sadler and Stone to play themselves. Originally, director Clint Eastwood had picked actors Kyle Gallner, Jeremie Harris and Alexander Ludwig to portray Paris train heroes Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler and Spencer Stone. The 15:17 to Paris book by Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone provided the basis for the movie.ĭid Clint Eastwood always plan to cast the real Paris train heroes to play themselves? ![]() Terrorist Ayoub El Khazzani, then 25, boarded the train in Brussels. The train (pictured below) was moving at over 150 miles per hour and had just crossed the Belgian-French border prior to the attack. What is often referred to as the Paris train attack (named for the destination), took place just before 6 pm on Augon the crowded Thalys high-speed train 9364 carrying 554 passengers from Amsterdam to Paris. ![]() Alek Skarlatos adds that the odds for them to be in that place at that time and not only survive, but stop the terrorist, are "too astronomical to believe that it was purely just chance." That's where we were supposed to be that day" ( The Guardian). What we've come to realize with hindsight is that was all part of a plan, of a bigger picture. "You don't always know what plan God has for you. ![]() It's like our lives were leading up to that moment," said Sadler, a pastor's son. "We know this series of events weren't coincidences. They believe that it was God's plan for them to be together on the train that day in August 2015. Like in The 15:17 to Paris movie, Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos met Anthony Sadler as youths while attending the same Christian school in California. The Paris train heroes had been childhood friends and were on a backpacking vacation through Europe together.
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