8 Days - December 14, 2017

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8 DAYS

scene & Heard

Giddy up: CHRIS HEMSWORTH on location in

New Mexico (doubling Afghanistan) with his best

friend. While the Aussie hunk is a rider, his fellow

actors — which include Michael Pena and Michael

Shannon — didn’t share his equestrian skills. “We

didn’t need to look like the best horsemen, but

rough, dirty and unpredictable,” Hemsworth told

USA Today. “And that’s how it felt most days.”

STARRING CHRIS HEMSWORTH, MICHAEL SHANNON, NAVID NEGAHBAN DIRECTED BY NICOLAI FUGLSIG

12 Strong: The

Declassified True Story

of the Horse Soldiers

WHY WATCH: Thor fights the Taliban!

THE LOWDOWN: The true story of a group of Green

Berets sent to Afghanistan after 9/11, to help the

locals fight the Taliban and its Al-Qaeda allies in a

mountainous region accessible only by horseback.

THE BUZZ: There’s nothing quite like kicking off the