Colin Farrell spoke of the dramatic moment he lived in his last film: “It was terrifying”

Only a week left until it arrives Amazon Prime Video the film thirteen livesdirected by Ron Howard and starring Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton Y Paul Gleeson. And for the actor, this was a “new experience”, since due to the plot of the film, and the numerous recordings of him underwater, he suffered episodes of deep fear that led to panic attacks.

Based on a true story, thirteen lives revolves around the rescue that took place in Tham Luang, where a children’s soccer club, made up of 12 children and their coach, were trapped in some caves in that region, in Thailand. The event, which occurred between June and July 2018, aroused enormous interest from the world press, which covered the day-to-day of the arduous rescue tasks and the different strategies developed by professionals from countries such as Japan, Australia and the United States. . Finally, and against all odds, the divers managed to get all the children and the adult who was with them out of those flooded caves, in one of the most complex rescue missions ever carried out.

In the film, Farrell plays John Volanthen, who was one of the British cave divers. And due to the nature of his role, the Irish actor underwent extensive shooting sessions underwater, in reconstructions of the flooded caves. And in a recent interview, he confessed how much he suffered filming on those sets: “In a word, it was terrifying. Scary. He was scared. I’m not a great swimmer, but it’s not like we were swimming all the time, we just had to stay on the surface, but the construction of all the caves and their connections was really impressive. There were about four or five caves built based on the topography of that place, in Tham Luang, and all of them were filled with water. And when we went down, it seemed like we couldn’t go up.” And about that experience, the actor revealed: “Being underwater, without being able to distinguish the surface, it was something that simply generated real chaos in my mind. We had great attendees, including two of the professionals who were part of that mission. But I’m telling you, I had panic attacks while underwater, and that was a new experience.”

Apparently Farrell wasn’t the only one to suffer from the sheer number of underwater scenes. His cast partner, Viggo Mortensen, did not have a good time either, as he assured in a note: “Suddenly, I felt like I couldn’t breathe. It seemed like forever, but it was always for a few seconds. I remember panicking.” In thirteen livesthe actor of The Lord of the ringscomposes Richard Stanton, a fellow diver of Volanthen, who was another of those in charge of executing the rescue operation.

thirteen lives is the second major release of the year starring Farrell. Her previous film was praised batman, in which he played the Penguin, one of the most iconic villains in the “Batman” saga. For that performance, for which he underwent an intense make-up process, the interpreter was highly praised. Even Danny DeVitowho composed the same villain in batman returns, applauded the performance: “I think Colin did a great job,” he said, adding: “He’s a good friend of mine. Hats off to anyone who sits in a makeup chair for that long. I did it with El Pingüino and I loved it”.