The Ron Howard-directed film tells the true story of the 2018 rescue of twelve young boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in the flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand
Colin Farrell didn’t have a good time on the set of Thirteen Lives. “Terrifying,” the Irish actor told “Entertainment Tonight,” describing the experience.
The film directed by Ron Howard recounts the real-life rescue in 2018 of twelve young boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in the flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand.
Farrell, 47, admitted he felt particularly scared filming extreme underwater scenes. “It was scary. I’m not a good swimmer anyway, not that we were swimming, not that we were treading water,” the “Batman” star said.
“It was about four or five different caves, based on the topography of the caves, the Tham Luang caves in Thailand, and they filled them with water and we did some filming there».
Farrell, who plays rescue diver John Volanthen, added that not being able to see the surface of the water was terrifying and “just messes with the mind”. The actor revealed that he experienced panic attacks underwater, which he described as a “new experience”. “Being a rescue diver requires a very special skill setFarrell said.
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