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Don’t Forget About: ‘Masters of the Air’ Stars Nate Mann and Anthony Boyle This Emmys Season
‘Masters of the Air’ soars because of the flyboys Anthony Boyle and Nate Mann.
But as a piece of cinematic storytelling, the Apple TV+ series from “Band of Brothers” trio Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman needs the profound warmth of Boyle’s Lt. Harry Crosby and Mann’s Major Robert “Rosie” Rosenthal to, ironically, ground its darkest days. An endearingly skittish navigator when the series opens, Crosby comes to find his steady hand and sharp mind after being baptized by fire in early missions. The actors understood the responsibility, working with writer John Orloff to bring in things they learned about their real-life counterparts from memoirs and archival footage to ensure the humanity at stake in war isn’t lost in the scope of it.
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