Colin Farrell Details Panic Attacks He Had Filming Ron Howard’s New Movie
Colin Farrell details how filming his own underwater scenes for Ron Howard's new film, Thirteen Lives, caused him to have panic attacks. Farrell is an actor known for a wide variety of films like The Batman, In Bruges, and The Lobster. Thirteen Lives will mark the first film where Farrell and Howard have worked together; he plays John Volanthen, a volunteer rescue diver.
Thirteen Lives dramatizes the real 2018 events of a Thai soccer team that became trapped in the Tham Luang cave during a rainstorm, and the harrowing rescue mission that followed. Part of this rescue effort includes some of the world's most experienced divers coming together, along with Thai forces and around 10,000 volunteers. Thirteen Lives is based on the story by William Nicholson and Don Macpherson, with Nicholson also penning the script. Viggo Mortensen stars alongside Farrell, with the two leading an ensemble cast.
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In a recent interview, Farrell discusses withTHR how his decision to film the underwater scenes of Thirteen Lives himself did cause him to panic in certain instances. Farrell notes that part of his decision to not use a stunt man is because Mortensen decided to film his own stunts. Farrell then jokes that he, "couldn’t have Viggo take all the glory." A full quote from Farrell can be read below:
I had a couple of really panicky moments underwater when I had to say to myself, ‘Just relax. Be calm. You’re fine. There’s nothing to worry about. Your tank is good, you’ve got a 60 percent full tank. Just slow your breath down. It’s OK.
At times, there was no surface over your head, just a ceiling and it was incredibly nerve racking and I was incredibly
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