Easy Company Medic Eugene Roe

Dexter Fletcher as John W. Martin

Easy Company Medic Eugene Roe: The Mini Series: The Cast and Crew: Cast: Dexter Fletcher as John W. Martin

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By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (209.244.95.86 - 209.244.95.86) on Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 07:10 pm:

Dexter Fletcher as John Martin

By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (209.244.95.86 - 209.244.95.86) on Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 07:14 pm:

From the BBC online...

The British actor Dexter Fletcher (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Rachel Papers, Press Gang) plays Sergeant John W Martin, one of the soldiers who fought so heroically for Easy Company during the Second World War. The actor was thrilled to be involved in Band of Brothers.

"The drama reminds our generation that a lot of young men made a huge sacrifice," Fletcher declares. "As a man of twenty, I don't know if I'd have been able to do it. It's hard for people of our generation to imagine what it must have been like, but hopefully this series captures some of it and will make people today think 'could I have handled that?'

Fletcher found it very useful to draw on the real John Martin's advice about portraying him.

"Before I played the role, Johnny helped me a great deal," he recalls. "I learnt what kind of a man he was. I understood that before the War he was put in charge of a team on the railroads, and that when he joined the Army that experience made him a very effective sergeant. He was tough and he didn't suffer fools, but he was one of the men."

Fletcher was flattered when Martin told him that he had got the portrayal "pretty much right". "I was pleased because I want his family to be proud. They tell me now that they've got a good idea of what Johnny was like as a young man."

Throughout the filming, Fletcher never lost sight of what makes Band of Brothers so powerful - the fact that it is a true story. "On the first day of our boot camp," he remembers, "Tom Hanks gave a speech to us all underlining the importance of what we were about to embark on. He said 'one day, you'll be sitting in an airport somewhere and someone will come up to you and say 'you played my father. Thank you for telling his story'. That had a real impact on me.

By Chris Langlois (Chrisdfw) (12.239.86.117) on Saturday, June 29, 2002 - 11:43 am:

Fletcher-wife

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By Admin (Admin) (12.239.86.117) on Friday, July 05, 2002 - 06:20 pm:

Fletcher - Lock, Stock...

"Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels" Premiere, Dexter Fletcher, Guy Ritchie, Jason Statham

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By Scott P. Yaklin (Sprocket) (12.98.213.148) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 08:48 am:

hey folks, i'm new to this site (very, very good btw) and i believe that the actor that portrayed Johnny Martin, Dexter Fletcher, is the same guy that played "Soap" in "Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels". can anyone confirm this?

sprocket

By Melissa Clay (Melissa2800) (66.166.47.71) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 11:39 am:

Welcome, Scott
Yes, I believe it is the same actor.
Melissa

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