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Simu Liu

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462 total appearances

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Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

It was like three, four weeks of kind of diving every day, pretty much starting from square one, learning kind of not only the basics of scuba and then getting quite proficient at that, but then also at some point unlearning a lot of the recreational scuba diving kind of mantras and philosophies and then relearning them in a sat capacity. Because again, the equipment is very different.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

It was like three, four weeks of kind of diving every day, pretty much starting from square one, learning kind of not only the basics of scuba and then getting quite proficient at that, but then also at some point unlearning a lot of the recreational scuba diving kind of mantras and philosophies and then relearning them in a sat capacity. Because again, the equipment is very different.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

What you're trying to do is very different. And then, you know... We had an incredible dive team around us that supported us and really kind of made us feel safe every day. But that being said, we had a tank in Malta that was about 40 feet deep. And for every night, we'd go down into the water and we'd communicate ahead of time exactly the shots that we wanted to get.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

What you're trying to do is very different. And then, you know... We had an incredible dive team around us that supported us and really kind of made us feel safe every day. But that being said, we had a tank in Malta that was about 40 feet deep. And for every night, we'd go down into the water and we'd communicate ahead of time exactly the shots that we wanted to get.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

What you're trying to do is very different. And then, you know... We had an incredible dive team around us that supported us and really kind of made us feel safe every day. But that being said, we had a tank in Malta that was about 40 feet deep. And for every night, we'd go down into the water and we'd communicate ahead of time exactly the shots that we wanted to get.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

And in a way, obviously challenging, but in a way it was really... It was really nice to be able to immerse ourselves to that degree, especially in a world where I feel like in this industry, it's become increasingly easy to lie to the audience. You know, you've got green screen, you've got VFX, you've now got AI.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

And in a way, obviously challenging, but in a way it was really... It was really nice to be able to immerse ourselves to that degree, especially in a world where I feel like in this industry, it's become increasingly easy to lie to the audience. You know, you've got green screen, you've got VFX, you've now got AI.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

And in a way, obviously challenging, but in a way it was really... It was really nice to be able to immerse ourselves to that degree, especially in a world where I feel like in this industry, it's become increasingly easy to lie to the audience. You know, you've got green screen, you've got VFX, you've now got AI.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

You know, making it very easy for actors to not really have to do anything or to exist in very comfortable situations. And I think in that environment, it was really nice for us to actually go out and do it.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

You know, making it very easy for actors to not really have to do anything or to exist in very comfortable situations. And I think in that environment, it was really nice for us to actually go out and do it.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

You know, making it very easy for actors to not really have to do anything or to exist in very comfortable situations. And I think in that environment, it was really nice for us to actually go out and do it.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

Oh, man. Yeah. I mean, it's a look, it's a number and a character that that begs, you know, 100 percent commitment and not a not a drop less. It was I mean, obviously, it'll it'll go with me for the rest of my life as one of my core memories. And I'll never forget that feeling.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

Oh, man. Yeah. I mean, it's a look, it's a number and a character that that begs, you know, 100 percent commitment and not a not a drop less. It was I mean, obviously, it'll it'll go with me for the rest of my life as one of my core memories. And I'll never forget that feeling.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

Oh, man. Yeah. I mean, it's a look, it's a number and a character that that begs, you know, 100 percent commitment and not a not a drop less. It was I mean, obviously, it'll it'll go with me for the rest of my life as one of my core memories. And I'll never forget that feeling.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

It was, I will say, a bit of a a bit of a cluster in the in the lead up to the to the performance, you know, for myself and, you know, Shruti Ghatwa and Kingsley Ben-Adir and Scott Evans, who were kind of the.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

It was, I will say, a bit of a a bit of a cluster in the in the lead up to the to the performance, you know, for myself and, you know, Shruti Ghatwa and Kingsley Ben-Adir and Scott Evans, who were kind of the.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

It was, I will say, a bit of a a bit of a cluster in the in the lead up to the to the performance, you know, for myself and, you know, Shruti Ghatwa and Kingsley Ben-Adir and Scott Evans, who were kind of the.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

Yeah, yeah. I would say the main Kens behind, yes, the main backup Kens. We were kind of brought on relatively late in the process. And our first rehearsal was the Thursday before. The Oscars are on Sunday. So our first rehearsal was the Thursday before. And then we show up to the Dolby Center on Friday to do kind of like a blocking rehearsal.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

Yeah, yeah. I would say the main Kens behind, yes, the main backup Kens. We were kind of brought on relatively late in the process. And our first rehearsal was the Thursday before. The Oscars are on Sunday. So our first rehearsal was the Thursday before. And then we show up to the Dolby Center on Friday to do kind of like a blocking rehearsal.

Fresh Air
Actor Simu Liu On Diving In The Dark

Yeah, yeah. I would say the main Kens behind, yes, the main backup Kens. We were kind of brought on relatively late in the process. And our first rehearsal was the Thursday before. The Oscars are on Sunday. So our first rehearsal was the Thursday before. And then we show up to the Dolby Center on Friday to do kind of like a blocking rehearsal.