What do you remember feeling four years ago when things seemed so dire? MGMĭEADLINE: Billy, you hail from Thailand, and as co-producer you are among a number of people who made sure this was not a prototypical Hollywood film but one that captured Thai culture. That required me deputizing some very talented people in the process, and it was part of the excitement to see it take off and then to see audiences respond to it with emotion and an understanding, a sense of kind of the impact of the authenticity. I don’t speak Thai, and yet, it was vitally important that the culture be represented in a very authentic way. The script’s written by a Brit, William Nicholson, directed by me. On a directorial level, there’s also cultural integrity, which was a massive priority to me and everyone involved. I went into this one not entirely knowing what the solution would be, but you’re right that the sort of degree of difficulty was very high for me and our team on this film. I love those kinds of challenges, even though I don’t always know what the solution will be. Whether it’s the fires in Backdraft, the weightlessness and claustrophobia of Apollo 13, the intensity of the Formula 1 tracks from 30 years ago when they were smaller and more dangerous in Rush, and by the way, the boxing in Cinderella Man, where you couldn’t double anyone and had to be intense, but choreographed very meticulously. HOWARD: Well, there we had the capsule and the weightlessness, and there’ve been a number of times it has been a real challenge. Let’s not blink, and it took a lot of courage on all fronts.ĭEADLINE : What comes through is that while it seemed impossible to bring those astronauts down safely from space, Thirteen Lives seems a tougher one to shoot. It was about, what works now, and let’s not hesitate. But they also had the intelligence and the sense of integrity to simultaneously look around and say, ‘does anyone else have other ideas? Can anyone else contribute?’ It was a little bit like NASA back in the Apollo era, where the best idea won, and it wasn’t about three months from now. They never took their foot off the gas and did everything they could, as a culture, as a government, physically, emotionally, spiritually to make this rescue happen. This was a victory for the Thai people and the Thai government, and as a result, they’re very, very proud of it. It’s a tremendous tribute to cooperation, international effort, and forward momentum. When she and I read the script, neither of us had any idea the sort of risks that were taken and the lengths they went to, to achieve this incredible rescue. My wife Cheryl was into it in a much more detailed way. RON HOWARD: I was working when it happened, and so I was aware and relieved by the outcome.
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Why did you clear the decks and move quickly on this movie when there were others percolating? The Thai cave rescue is only four years in the past and it was a global media event. But the latter’s events were 25 years old when Apollo 13 was released in 1995, when it won two Oscars and got a Best Picture nomination. Washington Post & Imagine Entertainment Form Partnership To Create Scripted & Non-Scripted ProjectsĭEADLINE : Ron, Thirteen Lives is reminiscent of your film Apollo 13. Here, Howard and Thai co-producer Vorakorn Reutaivanichkul speak about why they feel so bullish about what they’ve got here. MGM and United Artists Releasing releases the film in select theaters July 29, and Thirteen Lives will stream globally on Amazon’s Prime Video global streaming service August 5.
Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell and Joel Edgerton play the divers who helped find the kids, surrounded by a cast of Thai actors who spearheaded the exceptional undertaking. Director Ron Howard has again created a gripping testament to human ingenuity. We all know the happy ending, but we also knew the Apollo 13 outcome and it didn’t dampen the thrills, emotion and tension. Bringing half-starved boys through the dark and twisty underwater path was extremely dangerous, as evidenced by the death of a Thai Navy SEAL diver who ran out of oxygen. Leading to an extraordinary 17-day rescue effort in which the Thai government and its Navy SEALs were assisted by a wave of volunteers from numerous countries who lent their expertise at a time it wasn’t clear if the boys would still be alive. EXCLUSIVE: This weekend marks four years since 12 members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach walked into the Tham Luang cave complex in Thailand’s Chiang Rai province, and were soon trapped 1000 meters down by rapidly rising floodwaters.
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