A novela oficial do filme entra em detalhes um pouco mais sobre o passado de Mac e Blain. A resposta muito curta é que ambos compartilham um vínculo profundo, mas um de irmandade de armas , não uma atração sexual.
“Good work, Sergeant,” Schaefer acknowledged curtly, his mind trying to process a hundred details. Then, suddenly sensitive to the bond that lay broken between Blain and Mac, he added softly, “I’m sorry, Bull. It’s never easy. He was a good man.”
“I never had no brother. He was it,” Mac replied simply, almost matter-of-factly, his lips tightened as if to contain his emotions.