The film, The Longest Day is about the D day landings. Operation Overlord & among other actors, it stars Richard Todd.
During Operation Overload, Lieutenant Richard Todd was with the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion & was part of the team who took Pegasus Bridge.
During The Longest Day, Richard plays Major John Howard who commanded the assault on Pegasus & in one scene, Major John Howard, speaks briefly to Lieutenant Richard Todd.
So Richard Todd speaks to a younger him. Does anyone else know of any strange / weird film facts?