Andrew Scott on Sparring With Brendan Fraser and Crashing The Comeback
One of the first film roles Andrew Scott ever played, nearly 30 years ago, was “Soldier on the Beach” in Saving Private Ryan. He appeared in the Steven Spielberg drama’s legendary opening sequence, set during the Normandy Invasion at Omaha Beach on D-Day. “I had one line or something, and Tom Hanks rolled over me, and I was very happy to be there,” Scott recalls with a laugh. “It was an extraordinary thing — it was my first time being on a set of that enormity, and I feel very proud that I got to be a tiny part of that. It’s a sequence that’s gone down in movie history.” Scott has built an impressive career since, between his Olivier-winning stage work and acclaimed performances across film and TV. But it’s something of a full-circle moment to see him back in a D-Day-set film, only this time as the main attraction: In Pressure (in theaters Friday), Scott portrays James Stagg, a meteorologist in the Royal Air Force called in to assess weather patterns for the …
