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The first movie he ever went to see in the theater was 1984's Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. The Vietnam War was long over by the time he was born. And yet Klein speaks with sensitivity about We Were Soldiers, which is based on the true stories of the men who participated in the battle of Landing Zone X-Ray, considered the first battle of the war.
"This certainly isn't a 'rah-rah, go America' film. This is a tragic film," says Klein.
"This movie is about the first three days of the Vietnam War. This movie is about November 1965. This movie is Kennedy's idea of using Huey helicopters to drop soldiers into jungle terrain, coming to life. This is the first time they ever did that. This is the first time American soldiers set foot in Vietnam. This movie is about the humanity and courage of soldiers and their wives who they left behind. That's what this movie is about."
Klein's character in the film -- 2nd Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan -- was a real hero of the battle, and a prominent part of the film's effort to portray the experience of the war on the soldiers' families at home; Felicity's Keri Russell plays his young wife, who gives birth to a baby daughter just months before her husband leaves for Vietnam. Klein met with Geoghegan's widow on set.