That’s at least partially because Stanton was there on set when the movie was filming.
“I was there for two-and-a-half months whilst it was being shot,” he says.
“So I knew all the scenes quite intimately.”
Thira ‘Aum’ Chutikul, Popetorn ‘Two’ Soonthornyanaku, Joel Edgerton, Colin Farrell, and Viggo Mortenson in ‘Thirteen Lives’.Vince Valitutti / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/Amazon Prime
The cave camp scenes, of which there’s also much, are hugely authentic."
It’s really evocative of being there."
And that would be impossible to demonstrate because then the viewers would not see anything."
Thai cave rescue (2018).LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP/Getty
Of course, that wasn’t the reality.
If people ask me, ‘What’s the biggest difference?’
it has to be that."
Rick Stanton with ‘Thirteen Lives’ star Viggo Mortensen.Stewart Cook/Shutterstock
Remarkably, and despite a myriad of potential complications, the entire team and their coach survived.
He read my book before it was published to get a feel for the backstory.
He also worked with Mortensen and the other actors to make their movements feel authentic to cave diving.
And how to sort of mimic us underwater."
For Stanton, making the diving look real was all about the details.
“We wanted all of the diving team to look as authentic as possible, and it did.
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