Look closely when watching the new WWI drama “Testament of Youth,” starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington, and you might see an iPhone. Harington said in a recent interview, “There’s an iPhone dropped in the mud. Watch out for that.” Vikander added, “It was James Kent’s phone–the director’s!” The film, now playing in limited release, is based on the 1933 memoir by Vera Brittain. It follows Vikander as Vera, when the young men in her life, including her lover–played by Harington–go off to war. Vera puts aside her dreams of higher education to nurse wounded soldiers. Harington, who also stars in HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” and Vikander say they were profoundly affected by the story. The production used veterans from Afghanistan to play the roles of wounded soldiers who had suffered amputations.
