I really liked that I couldnt see myself on the screen, Kammerer says.
I had nothing to do with that person.
It felt like it was Paul on the screen and me watching this person.
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For me, thats a great sign that I have detached from that role so clearly.
Thats how I know Ive done a good job.
First, I wanted to be a director, cinematographer, or even a physicistthough Im bad at math.
Felix Kammerer inAll Quiet on the Western Front.Reiner Baio/Netflix
There, Kammerer would find himself trading in soliloquies for marching orders.
I owe it to [Zwach] that Im here where I am now, Kammerer says.
Her husband came to watch a play and saw me on stage and really liked what I did.
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Thats how it all started.
It was an accident.
Kammerer did not let the switch from stage to screen faze him.
I observed everything that I found, and read around 2,500 letters from the front, he says.
Its so interesting and heartbreaking to read those letters because theyre censored.
People didnt want to tell their families [about the difficulties] of what was really going on.
And those letters are their private thoughts.
Seeing that helped a lot in preparing me for this role.
Something that makes you feel, Ah, we needed that movie.
