On April 3, 2013, Sony started to assemble the cast for the film when Brad Pitt, who previously starred in 2009's WWII-set Inglourious Basterds, entered final talks to take the lead role of Wardaddy.[6] On April 23, Shia LaBeouf joined the cast.[8] On 1 May it was announced that Logan Lerman had also joined Fury 's cast, playing Pitt's crew member Norman Ellison.[7] On 14 May THR announced that Michael Peña was in negotiations to play a member of Pitt's tank crew.[9] On May 17, Jon Bernthal joined the cast as Grady Travis, a cunning, vicious and world-wise Arkansas native.[10] On August 26, Scott Eastwood also joined the cast, playing Sergeant Miles.[12] On September 19, Brad William Henke joined as Sergeant Roy Davis, commander of another tank, Lucy Sue. (The second Sherman destroyed by the Tiger).[13] Jason Isaacs was cast on 7 October 2013.[11] Other cast members include Xavier Samuel, Jim Parrack, Eugenia Kuzmina, Kevin Vance, and Branko Tomović.[14]
The film features four leading Jewish actors (Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, Shia LaBeouf, and Jason Isaacs) playing soldiers fighting Nazi Germany.[21]