10 More Insanely Accurate War Movie Details

Ridley Scott's 2001 tale of a helicopter crew being shot down in the middle of Mogadishu, Somalia certainly didn't mess around when it came to casting its collection of soldiers.

But joining the likes of Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, and even a young Tom Hardy in Black Hawk Down, was another figure who actually also acted as a highly accurate detail.

One of the pilots seen trying to survive in this volatile environment went by the name of CW4 Keith Jones, with that particular soldier even earning himself a Silver Star for his brave actions during the Battle of Mogadishu. But what you perhaps didn't realise during the picture is that Jones is actually playing himself, reliving a rescue mission that he actually executed in real-life back in 1993 (via r/MovieDetails).

You can only imagine how surreal it must have been for a person who genuinely went through the Black Hawk Down Incident to repeat that particularly intense day again, only this time in front of a camera and surrounded by some of the top actors of their generation. 

But Jones did a superb job of playing himself and the real-life hero deserves to be saluted for his acting efforts, too.