Hugh attended Ranger boot camp at Fort Benning, Georgia for a week with the rest of the "Black Hawk Down" (2001) cast. Dancy, who portrays Ranger medic Kurt "Doc" Schmid, worked with Ranger medics in combat scenarios.
About the film "Blood and Chocolate": "If you have a wolf jumping off of a six-foot platform and basically onto your head, that takes a bit of getting use to."