Simu Liu
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But the one thing that we found in common with all of them is just how much they loved it, which was very confusing to us.
to have someone have done something as extraordinary as Dave did. And he doesn't care for any of the accolades. He doesn't care for any of the recognition when he's like the closest thing to a real superhero that there is. He threw himself into the bottom of the sea to rescue his coworker who had been trapped there.
to have someone have done something as extraordinary as Dave did. And he doesn't care for any of the accolades. He doesn't care for any of the recognition when he's like the closest thing to a real superhero that there is. He threw himself into the bottom of the sea to rescue his coworker who had been trapped there.
to have someone have done something as extraordinary as Dave did. And he doesn't care for any of the accolades. He doesn't care for any of the recognition when he's like the closest thing to a real superhero that there is. He threw himself into the bottom of the sea to rescue his coworker who had been trapped there.
So he wound up finding an unconscious Chris Lemons on the bottom of the North Sea, clipped Chris onto him, and then climbed his umbilical back up to the bell, which is about, you know, it was like more than 50-foot climb, you know, in the swell, in the sea, which was very turbulent at the time, and successfully recovered him and then, you know, revived him. Like, that's incredible.
So he wound up finding an unconscious Chris Lemons on the bottom of the North Sea, clipped Chris onto him, and then climbed his umbilical back up to the bell, which is about, you know, it was like more than 50-foot climb, you know, in the swell, in the sea, which was very turbulent at the time, and successfully recovered him and then, you know, revived him. Like, that's incredible.
So he wound up finding an unconscious Chris Lemons on the bottom of the North Sea, clipped Chris onto him, and then climbed his umbilical back up to the bell, which is about, you know, it was like more than 50-foot climb, you know, in the swell, in the sea, which was very turbulent at the time, and successfully recovered him and then, you know, revived him. Like, that's incredible.
That's a miracle, right?
That's a miracle, right?
That's a miracle, right?
Yeah, that's right. And sat equipment, you know, it's not light. You know, you've got like a 50 pound helmet that you're wearing and then you've got, you know, your bailout oxygen, which is at least another you know, 30 pounds. And then you've got weights in your shoes because, you know, of course they're not fins. You're not like recreationally diving.
Yeah, that's right. And sat equipment, you know, it's not light. You know, you've got like a 50 pound helmet that you're wearing and then you've got, you know, your bailout oxygen, which is at least another you know, 30 pounds. And then you've got weights in your shoes because, you know, of course they're not fins. You're not like recreationally diving.
Yeah, that's right. And sat equipment, you know, it's not light. You know, you've got like a 50 pound helmet that you're wearing and then you've got, you know, your bailout oxygen, which is at least another you know, 30 pounds. And then you've got weights in your shoes because, you know, of course they're not fins. You're not like recreationally diving.
You have to have, you know, be boots on the ground and to be able to conduct your work. So yeah, just it's a lot of weight.
You have to have, you know, be boots on the ground and to be able to conduct your work. So yeah, just it's a lot of weight.
You have to have, you know, be boots on the ground and to be able to conduct your work. So yeah, just it's a lot of weight.
It was pretty evident, you know, reading the script the first time that it wasn't going to be a cakewalk. You know, we knew that we were going to have to do a significant portion of this film underwater and or in these really, really tight spaces.
It was pretty evident, you know, reading the script the first time that it wasn't going to be a cakewalk. You know, we knew that we were going to have to do a significant portion of this film underwater and or in these really, really tight spaces.
It was pretty evident, you know, reading the script the first time that it wasn't going to be a cakewalk. You know, we knew that we were going to have to do a significant portion of this film underwater and or in these really, really tight spaces.
It was like three, four weeks of, of kind of diving every day, pretty much starting from square one, um, 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. Cause again, the equipment is very different.