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"Mature Content!" |
| “ | If we're not clever about this, no one will get to your brother. | „ |
| ~ Will to Tom in the trailer |
Will Schofield is the main protagonist of the 2019 Academy Award-nominated film 1917. He is a Lance Corporal and soldier of the British Armed Forces who is given a chance to call off an attack to put an attack that will threaten 1600+ people.
He is portrayed by George MacKay.
What Makes Him Pure Good?[]
- Arriving at an abandoned farmhouse, he, alongside Tom Blake, dragged a burned pilot from the German plane that was being shot down.
- Although he killed the pilot for stabbing Tom, it was out of self-defence as he knew that the pilot will kill him if he decided to spare him, therefore explaining why he was reluctant to kill the pilot.
- He comforted Tom as the latter died, promising to complete the mission and to write to Tom's mother.
- He decided to part with the lorries that tried to cross the broken bridge, but before he did, he was warned that Colonel Mackenzie would prefer fighting over following orders.
- He defeated a German sniper, who was going to destroy the supply lorries that were stopped at the bridge, in an equal fight.
- He comforted an innocent French woman and her baby, providing them his food supplies as gratitude for treating his wounds.
- While he did leave the French woman and her baby behind despite her pleas, he only did so because he was running out of time as he had to quickly stop Mackenzie from commanding the attack.
- He fends off a couple of German soldiers, evading them by jumping to a river and washing on the riverbank.
- He was even unwilling to kill the German soldiers because they were trying to have him killed, even if he had to strangle one of them.
- He tried to reach Colonel Mackenzie, forcing his way through the crowded trenches just as the infantry began their charge.
- He told of Tom's heroism towards his brother Joseph and gives him his rings and dog tag, advising them to write about Tom's heroics after being told that Joseph was deployed during the first wave.
- He is shown to seriously care about his family, reminiscing about them at the end of the film.
External Links[]
- Will Schofield on the Heroes Wiki
