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Will Poulter and Kit Connor on bonding with head-shaving and tattoos on their film Warfare

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Warfare is based on a real-life mission that took place during the Iraq war in 2006 .

Will Poulter, Kit Connor and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai play US soldiers and Iraqi scouts on a surveillance mission in Ramadi , Iraq .

The cast were sent on a three-week military bootcamp together, learning military jargon and gun safety.

They agreed to shave each other's heads to look the part, boosting trust.

Warfare is out in cinemas on Friday , 18 April .

The film was shot in real-time on a former World War Two airfield north of London .

Former US Navy Seal Mendoza ran the actors' bootcamp.

He thinks the film may help veterans who are struggling to express what warfare can be like.