How did your faith influence your actions on the train? What prompted you to act so heroically in the face of eminent danger?
SADLER: We were vessels being used. I don't even know how I got the first aid kit, but somehow it was in my hands. Alek was doing his thing clearing the car. Spencer saw somebody was bleeding and crawled over there. When did we think of that? We didn't think. We were just being used.
STONE: How well everything fell into place, you would think we rehearsed it. It was pretty much like we took over the train. I never felt more calm in my entire life. I knew exactly what we should do in that moment. It almost felt like someone pushed me towards it. I knew in my mind I had to go, and something greater stood me up. I think that's why they're still confused about how I got up so fast. I don't know how I got up so fast either. I'm pretty slow!
What was your experience like filming "15:17 to Paris," and reliving those tense moments on the train?
STONE: It was pretty crazy when we did the scene of Mark bleeding out. That was the only time I really felt like I had a true flashback, because everything was the same. It was the same amount of blood, same clothes. That was probably the most memorable part on the train for me.
SKARLATOS: It definitely made it easier to get back into character. You have to remember how it was on the actual day. And, I don't know about the other guys, but it would trigger an adrenaline rush in me and it make it easier to feel the same emotions that we actually felt the day on the train.
SADLER: It shows how much the details matter, like same clothes, same people, train attendants, everything. That made it all feel authentic.
What do you hope viewers will take away from the film?
SADLER: I want them to take exactly what it is. The fact that we're three ordinary guys that were faced with an extraordinary, crazy situation. And the reason why we acted the way we did that day is because of our friendship - the back-story matters. And then take away that they can, as people, a regular person, do something great, too. To feel like things are possible that they previously didn't think were possible.
STONE: I want them to take away that in our story, we thought we had no chance at all. I thought I was going to die. We're all regular people. We're very regular guys.
How has your experience on the train/filming the movie impacted your lives moving forward? Has it changed the way you live, or taught you any particular lessons?
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SKARLATOS: I think making the film taught us a lot about ourselves. Then working through the process ourselves, we discovered a lot of things about ourselves, about our friendship, how we interact. And, for me I learned from the movie not to be afraid to try new things in life.
It cured a lot of my fears, even of public speaking. You know, if I can survive a terrorist attack, when the next challenge in life comes, it's nothing in comparison.
STONE: We definitely learned a lot about each other throughout the last two years in general. We've known each other our entire lives, but, we've spent most our lives apart, going off on our own paths and different avenues. We, in a sense, got to learn more about each other as adults and through this experience. We knew each other, but now we really know each other. And we're bonded forever through all of our experiences.
SADLER: For me it was the first time in my life I finally felt like I was on track. I was going to go into my senior year at college and I didn't know after that year was over what I was going to do next.
And then once the attack happened and everything else that's happened in the last two years, and the fact that the movie happened, the way it's all lined up, I feel like I'm finally on the track that I'm supposed to be on. So, I don't know what comes next, but I'm on the plan that's been set for me. That's a good feeling, I have confidence in knowing I'm going in the right direction.