Was hoot in Black Hawk Down real?

The Army pressured the filmmakers of “Black Hawk Down” to change the name of the war hero portrayed by Ewan McGregor – because the real-life soldier is serving a 30-year prison term for rape and child molestation, says the man who wrote the book that spawned the movie. read more

Hoot was real and he actually went back into the hot zone by himself. The driver of the 5 ton that had a delta operator in the back was killed by an RPG. The driver was Bob G., a good friend of mine. read more

Norman "Hoot" Hooten is a former U.S. Army Delta operator who served in Somalia in 1993. In the 2001 film Black Hawk Down, he was portrayed by Eric Bana. He was a member of the Delta squadron that was deployed to Somalia as part of Task Force Ranger in August 1993. read more