Working under high pressure

2010-01-08T12:16:00

The Hurt Locker

To understand what it is like to serve as a bomb-disposal technician in Iraq, The Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner spent a week at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. Encased within the 100lb protective suit, a simple task such as transferring piles of paper clips became almost herculean.

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