13. Open Water – Swimming With Sharks
Open Water is a film about a couple who get stranded in the middle of the ocean and have to survive on their own for hours while being attacked by sharks. The film was filmed over a period of two years, filming only on weekends and with a budget of only $130,000.
What made the filming especially tough for the actors was the fact that they didn’t have the budget for fake sharks, so they had to use the real thing. This was terrifying for the lead of the movie, Blanchard Ryan, who had a huge fear of sharks. She and Daniel Travis had to spend over 120 hours swimming in the water with these marine predators, all while wearing chain-mail armor underneath their wet suits.
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