Phoenix struggles with historical bootcamp

Movie-maker M Night Shyamalan put the cast of his latest chiller The Village through a three-week 19th century bootcamp - so they'd know all about the hardships of the period.

Phoenix struggles with historical bootcamp

Movie-maker M Night Shyamalan put the cast of his latest chiller The Village through a three-week 19th century bootcamp - so they'd know all about the hardships of the period.

Stars like Adrien Brody, Sigourney Weaver and Joaquin Phoenix had to give up modern luxuries like hot and cold running water, cell phones and computers so they could get into character for the new film, about an eerie 19th century community.

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