Everyone was always in a safe environment, but we pushed them to levels that they maybe hadn’t been before, which was amazing.”įor the black box scene, Windle enlisted Kiwi freediver Kathryn Nevatt - who can hold her breath for seven-and-a-half minutes and can dive to more than 210 feet underwater without supplemental oxygen - to help train the actors. We had a really amazing safety team as well as our stunt team, and the doubles were all very proficient divers and swimmers. What starts out looking beautiful can really swirl up. “The water looked beautiful, but it was cool when we started, and New Zealand water is very dynamic. “We started in spring, and New Zealand waters are notoriously not as warm as some place like Hawaii,” she said. They could lean into each other when things got a little bit tough, or a little bit tricky, or if they got tired.” They had a real camaraderie together, and they were very supportive of each other. Right away, they come on board 100 percent.
“When a woman sees a woman supporting them to do the best they can, straightaway they believe it. “If I can say one thing about being a female in quite a male-dominated industry - women seeing women doing stuntwork makes them believe that they can do it,” she said.
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