I did not want 'Battleship' to be perceived as an American war film. I wanted to do everything … - Peter Berg

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Peter Berg

I did not want 'Battleship' to be perceived as an American war film. I wanted to do everything I could to make the film accessible to a global audience. It felt like bringing an alien component to the film would help take the American jingoism out of it.

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