Rachel Griffiths on Hacksaw Ridge film role: 'He beat me and he drank'

By Garry Maddox
Updated October 27 2016 - 12:09pm, first published October 23 2016 - 5:00am
Weaving and Griffiths play key roles as parents of the hero in <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>. Photo: Mark Rogers
Weaving and Griffiths play key roles as parents of the hero in <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>. Photo: Mark Rogers
Mel Gibson directs on the set of <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>, a war movie about the horrendous WWII Battle of Okinawa. Photo: Mark Rogers
Mel Gibson directs on the set of <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>, a war movie about the horrendous WWII Battle of Okinawa. Photo: Mark Rogers
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss, a fearless conscientious objector, in war movie <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>. Photo: Supplied
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss, a fearless conscientious objector, in war movie <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>. Photo: Supplied
Rachel Griffiths and Hugo Weaving. "I'd work with Hugo on anything, anywhere," she says. Photo: Nic Walker
Rachel Griffiths and Hugo Weaving. "I'd work with Hugo on anything, anywhere," she says. Photo: Nic Walker

Rachel Griffiths doesn't hold back when it comes to how she and Hugo Weaving played the parents of one of the great heroes of World War II in Mel Gibson's powerful drama Hacksaw Ridge.

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