Miles Teller as Brendan McDonoughīrendan McDonough was the lone survivor of the Granite Mountain crew. He retired in 2012, one year before the fire. MORE: A Granite Mountain Hotshot widow's story Jeff Bridges as Duane Steinbrinkĭuane Steinbrink was the wildland division chief for the city of Prescott and the man partly responsible for creating the hotshot crew, a rarity in municipalities. The two met a church hall while attending a 12-step meeting for alcoholics in 2007 and married two years later. Jennifer Connelly as Amanda MarshĪmanda Marsh was the wife of Eric Marsh. Around the firehouse, Marsh was 'Papa,' the old man who worried about his boys. Marsh had led the hotshots since the team first became a nationwide firefighting crew in 2008. Josh Brolin as Eric MarshĮric Marsh, 43, was the leader of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and, on the day of the tragedy, had become a supervisor over firefighting operations for the Yarnell Hill blaze.

Here is a look at the film's stars and the real-life heroes they're portraying.

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Hollywood's take on the tragic events of June 30, 2013, when 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters were overtaken by a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, stars Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly and Taylor Kitsch. The film 'Only the Brave,' based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and the fatal Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona, opens in theaters Friday, Oct.

The brave cast interviews