{"id":314275,"date":"2021-08-02T20:16:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-they-shot-the-abyss-breathing-fluid-scenes\/"},"modified":"2021-08-02T20:16:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T17:16:26","slug":"how-they-shot-the-abyss-breathing-fluid-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-abyss-breathing-fluid-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"#How They Shot The Abyss Breathing Fluid Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f16bf6ad6c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f16bf6ad6c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-abyss-breathing-fluid-scenes\/#The_breathing_fluid_scenes_in_The_Abyss\" >The breathing fluid scenes in The Abyss<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-abyss-breathing-fluid-scenes\/#Howd_they_do_that\" >How\u2019d they do that?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-abyss-breathing-fluid-scenes\/#Long_story_short\" >Long story short:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-abyss-breathing-fluid-scenes\/#Long_story_long\" >Long story long:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-abyss-breathing-fluid-scenes\/#Whats_the_precedent_for_those_scenes_in_The_Abyss\" >What\u2019s the precedent for those scenes in The Abyss?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-abyss-breathing-fluid-scenes\/#Recommended_Reading\" >Recommended Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How They Shot The Abyss Breathing Fluid Scenes<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t <span class=\"mx-1\">If you think it\u2019s CGI \u2026 don\u2019t hold your breath. Or, wait, maybe do.<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ed_Harris_The_Abyss_breathable_fluid.jpeg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ed Harris The Abyss Breathable Fluid\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ed_Harris_The_Abyss_breathable_fluid.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ed_Harris_The_Abyss_breathable_fluid-768x323.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Twentieth Century Fox<\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- START BYLINE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n            By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 2nd, 2021\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- END BYLINE --><\/p>\n<p><em>Welcome to How\u2019d They Do That? \u2014 a monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off. This entry explains how they shot the breathing fluid scenes in James Cameron\u2019s deep-sea action sci-fi movie The Abyss.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Let\u2019s get one thing straight: there are blank checks, and then there\u2019s <em><strong>The Abyss<\/strong><\/em>. Hot off the commercial and critical successes of 1984\u2019s <em>The Terminator<\/em> and 1986\u2019s <em>Aliens<\/em>, director <strong>James Cameron<\/strong> and his then-wife\/producing partner <strong>Gale Anne Hurd<\/strong> settled on their next project.<\/p>\n<p>The idea had been wriggling around in Cameron\u2019s creative noggin since scuba diving stole his heart as a teen. The movie would tell of a group of blue-collar workers, stationed on <em>Deep Core<\/em>, an experimental underwater drilling platform near the Cayman Trough. When a US submarine sinks into the titular abyss after an encounter with a mysterious foreign object, the civilians, allied with a Navy SEAL team, rush to salvage the wreck before the Soviets. In the process, they find themselves at the heart of humanity\u2019s intergalactic Judgment Day.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_breathing_fluid_scenes_in_The_Abyss\"><\/span>The breathing fluid scenes in The Abyss<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When the SEAL team first arrives in <em>The Abyss<\/em>, the merge is not all that harmonious. These military folk bark orders, reek of elitism, and possess fancy, cutting-edge playthings. \u201cWhat is that stuff?\u201d asks Hippy (Todd Graff), the rig\u2019s resident conspiracy theorist. Circling the outskirts of the station\u2019s loading bay, Hippy\u2019s eyes lock on a small container of unnaturally pink liquid. \u201cFluid breathing system,\u201d responds US Navy SEAL Ensign Monk (Adam Nelson), \u201cWe just got them. You use it when you go really deep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hippy asks what we\u2019re all thinking: how deep, exactly? \u201cIt\u2019s classified,\u201d Monk responds curtly. \u201cAnyway, you breathe liquid so you can\u2019t get compressed; the pressure doesn\u2019t get you.\u201d Leaning in skeptically, Catfish (Leo Burmester) asks for clarification: \u201cYou mean you got liquid in your lungs?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not just any liquid. \u201cOxygenated perfluorocarbon emulsion,\u201d Monk clarifies.<\/p>\n<p>Sensing doubt, Monk upturns a nearby wire cage, spilling metallic bolts across the table. He snatches Hippy\u2019s white pet rat off his shoulder, submerging the creature. Using the wire cage as an improvised lid Monk traps the squirming rodent beneath the surface. To Hippy and Catfish\u2019s amazement, after some struggling, the rat breathes the fluid.<\/p>\n<p>In the third act of the movie, wouldn\u2019t you know it, the rig\u2019s foreman, Bud Brigman (<strong>Ed Harris<\/strong>), has to go deep. Classified deep. Bottom of the Cayman Trough deep. And so, with an understandable degree of fear in his eyes, Brigman suits up.<\/p>\n<p>He gives the rat a kiss in solidarity and affixes the helmet, which slowly fills with the strange pink liquid. With some encouragement, he takes a breath of the stuff and lurches backward, shocked and acclimatizing to the bizarre feeling. With wild eyes, his shock is palpable: he\u2019s breathing liquid.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-366732 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Abyss-Ed-Harris-Deep-Suit.gif\" alt=\"The Abyss Ed Harris Deep Suit\" width=\"800\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Abyss-Ed-Harris-Deep-Suit.gif 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Abyss-Ed-Harris-Deep-Suit-768x393.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Howd_they_do_that\"><\/span>How\u2019d they do that?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So what\u2019s going on here? In <em>The Abyss<\/em>, we see what looks like a rat breathing in fluid and living to tell the tale. And here\u2019s leading man Ed Harris, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing to do the same for a good chunk of the movie\u2019s third act. What\u2019s Cameron up to, exactly?<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_short\"><\/span>Long story short:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The rat demonstration scene in <em>The Abyss <\/em>was unsimulated and used real-life oxygenated breathing fluid. Ed Harris, however, was tasked with <em>pretending <\/em>to breathe in his water-filled helmet. This was especially challenging during underwater shots, of which there were many.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_long\"><\/span>Long story long:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Before we dive into the deep end, we ought to acknowledge our primary source: Ed W. Marsh\u2019s <strong><em>Under Pressure: Making \u2018The Abyss<\/em><\/strong>,\u2019 which is inarguably the best behind-the-scenes documentary ever made. The documentary begins with our intrepid director emerging from the inky darkness in a wetsuit and illuminated helmet. \u201cI\u2019m James Cameron,\u201d the figure states between the wheezes and clicks of his respirator. \u201cAnd I want to take you into a world of cold, darkness, and unrelenting pressure: the movie business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Committed, hell or high water, to shoot as much \u201creal-for-real\u201d as possible, the production of <em>The Abyss<\/em> was inundated with complications. Underwater sequences for the movie were shot in two hastily constructed tanks in an abandoned nuclear power plant in Gaffney, South Carolina. At the time, it was the largest underwater set ever constructed. And when you hear about the laundry list of complications, it\u2019s easy to understand <em>why <\/em>no one had done anything like this before.<\/p>\n<p>This is a shoot where things started with chemical burns (from the chlorine in the tanks) and\u00a0<em>then\u00a0<\/em>got worse. Despite the whole situation being a hell of his own making, no one was more aware of the hardships of the shoot than Cameron himself. \u201cWater basically just adds a level of difficulty to any human endeavor, no matter what it is,\u201d Cameron states blankly in <em>Under Pressure<\/em>, like a shell-shocked war veteran. Keep in mind, per an estimate in <em>Starlog <\/em>magazine issue #146, forty percent of all the live-action principal photography in <em>The Abyss<\/em> takes place underwater.<\/p>\n<p>You would think that on a shoot like <em>The Abyss <\/em>where water was not just an inconvenience, but potentially life-threatening, the last thing you\u2019d want to do is actively court death by bringing breathing fluid into the mix. But you would, of course, be wrong. This is James Cameron we\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-366731 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Abyss-rat-dunk.gif\" alt=\"Rat Dunk\" width=\"800\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Abyss-rat-dunk.gif 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Abyss-rat-dunk-768x393.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a little apprehensive about sticking this rat into this water,\u201d remarks Adam Nelson in the documentary, \u201cfor fear of what everybody else would think: that it would end up killing this rat.\u201d The fluid you see on-screen is, in fact, real oxygenated perfluorocarbon fluid that allows mammals to appear to \u201cbreath water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Johannes Kylstra and Dr. Peter Bennet of Duke University pioneered <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dtic.mil\/dtic\/tr\/fulltext\/u2\/a037089.pdf\">the technique<\/a>, and consulted with Cameron, providing detailed instructions for its use. Per the <em>Starlog<\/em> article: Cameron\u2019s initial inspiration for <em>The Abyss<\/em> traces back to a lecture he attended in high school where Francis J. Falejczyk, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/johnclarkeonline.com\/2011\/06\/20\/liquid-breathing-its-not-as-easy-as-it-looks\/\">the first human being to breathe oxygenated fluid<\/a>, spoke about the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> being developed at Duke.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, the only purpose for the cuts in the sequence was to avoid showing the rats defecating from panic. In total, the crew shot the scene five times with five different rats. Aftercare included holding the rats upside down to drain their lungs of fluid coupled with a vet visit. None of these efforts assuaged the concerns of the English censors, who cut the scene for UK distribution.<\/p>\n<p>As Van Ling, Cameron\u2019s creative\/technical research assistant notes in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1989-09-24-ca-239-story.html\">a blistering op-ed in the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>, the point of the scene \u201cwas to see the rat survive, so rest assured that we didn\u2019t spend the time and effort consulting with various experts and the $400 a gallon of real liquid perfluorocarbon just to kill the poor thing \u2026 we did the scene for real \u2026 and the rat survived the scene, for real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-366735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ed-Harris-The-Abyss-water-breathing-1.gif\" alt=\"Ed Harris Water Breathing\" width=\"800\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ed-Harris-The-Abyss-water-breathing-1.gif 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ed-Harris-The-Abyss-water-breathing-1-768x393.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1989\/08\/06\/movies\/film-the-abyss-a-foray-into-deep-waters.html?sec=&amp;spon=&amp;pagewanted=all\">a <em>New York Times<\/em> piece notes<\/a>, Falejczyk, the human perfluorocarbon test subject, nearly died. And movie stars are less expendable than rats. Harris was the only actor in <em>The Abyss <\/em>who had to endure the breathing fluid. In one of the more memorable scenes of the Deep Suit, his character, Bud Brigman, stares intently into the eyes of his estranged wife as the suit\u2019s helmet steadily fills with pink-toned fluid.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, just out of frame, the crew simply pumped colored water into Harris\u2019 helmet. It was up to Harris to go through the motions of panic and amazement that he could, in fact, breathe underwater. Which, to reiterate: he could not. Like Bud, Harris wore custom contact lenses in order to see inside a fluid-filled helmet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I was constantly exposed to the water, and there was a high amount of chlorine \u2026 it wouldn\u2019t take more than five minutes down there before my eyes would start stinging,\u201d Harris recalls in <em>Under Pressure<\/em>. \u201cI would try to stay down there as long as possible because the more we could shoot \u2026 the less time I\u2019d have to be down there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the scenes in <em>The Abyss<\/em> outside of the oil rig, after Bud has descended through <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon_pool\">the moon pool<\/a>, Harris wore a special helmet rigged with a tinted faceplate that could flip up. This accomplished a dual purpose: it allowed Harris to fill his helmet up with water, and it gave Harris easy access to a regulator between takes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did a lot of safety drilling and rehearsals in shallow water,\u201d recalls Cameron in the documentary. \u201cAt no point was [Ed] really afraid for his safety. Other than the fact that we really had to be very rigorous in the way we did everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-366730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Abyss-trench-dive.gif\" alt=\"The Abyss Trench Dive\" width=\"800\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Abyss-trench-dive.gif 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/The-Abyss-trench-dive-768x393.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>To simulate the moment in <em>The Abyss <\/em>where Bud freefalls rapidly underwater down an abyssal trench, Harris was towed sideways across a fake rock wall. This was to avoid the need for Harris to equalize during a descent. (Equalizing is an unglamorous process that isn\u2019t great for close-ups.)<\/p>\n<p>This was, to put it lightly, a terrifying situation for Harris, who recalls in <em>Under Pressure<\/em>: \u201cHolding your breath, you can\u2019t see, you can\u2019t move, you\u2019re forty-five feet underwater, you don\u2019t have any air supply of your own [and] they\u2019re going to drag you two hundred feet across the bottom of this tank while you\u2019re acting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a successful test with Charlie Arneson, one of Harris\u2019 stunt doubles, the actor strapped himself into the tow-rig. Between a rehearsal and one of the first takes, Terry Kerby, one of Harris\u2019 safety divers, got tangled in a cable. When Harris signaled that he was out of oxygen, the rig came to a halt. Harris clung to the wall awaiting his air supply. But no air supply came.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hanging there, out of breath with no air, thinking: this is great,\u201d recalls Harris in the doc. Another crewmember swam over to Harris and improperly inserted his extra regulator into Harris\u2019 mouth, causing the actor to inhale a lungful of half-air-half-water. \u201cFor a split second I really thought I was a goner,\u201d he continues.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <strong>Al Giddings<\/strong>, the underwater director of photography, ripped the reg out and gave Harris his own extra air supply, correctly. In the documentary, the actor recalls bursting into tears during his drive home that night. \u201cThere was a part of me that was really disappointed in myself for not being able to do this thing. And there was also a part of me that just didn\u2019t know what to do \u2026 I really thought I was going to die for a second and it also pissed me off that I was afraid of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEd was probably the ultimate trouper in the world,\u201d Cameron remarks, once again in <em>Under Pressure<\/em>, his eyes jet-black, not unlike a shark\u2019s. \u201cIf he wasn\u2019t before <em>The Abyss<\/em> he certainly was afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_precedent_for_those_scenes_in_The_Abyss\"><\/span>What\u2019s the precedent for those scenes in The Abyss?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the aforementioned <em>Starlog<\/em> article, producer Gale Anne Hurd underlines that, in more ways than one, <em>The Abyss<\/em> was new territory. \u201cThere have been many firsts in this production,\u201d agrees director of photography <strong>Mikael Salomon<\/strong>. \u201cIt\u2019s far and away the most technically innovative and demanding shoot I\u2019ve ever done. A real challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As far as the scene where a very real rat breathes in very real oxygenated perfluorocarbon? Much like <em>The Abyss<\/em>\u2019 seven-and-a-half-million gallon tank, there simply is no cinematic precedent for the use of breathing fluid. But actors nearly drowning in scuba-related situations? That\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n<p>Only one commercial film contains nearly as much scuba-action as <em>The Abyss. <\/em>And that distinction belongs to <strong><em>Thunderball<\/em><\/strong>. The 1965 James Bond movie features a truly ridiculous amount of real underwater action (around twenty-five percent of the screen time). And, per the \u201cJames Bond in the Bahamas\u201d featurette on the<em> Casino Royale<\/em> Blu-ray, one underwater scene nearly drowned a stunt double.<\/p>\n<p>In the movie, there is a scene where a SPECTRE agent severs another man\u2019s oxygen supply underwater on a jet plane. Unfortunately, the stunt double accidentally disconnected both the prop and the real oxygen line of the other double. The key difference here, which Cameron gets to claim as a first, was denying his actor oxygen in a scuba situation <em>on purpose<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So yeah, Ed Harris had it rough. But think of it this way: at least he didn\u2019t have to swim with fifteen real-life sharks, as Connery did for <em>Thunderball<\/em>. No one tell James Cameron about sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Related Topics: How&#8217;d They Do That?, James Cameron, The Abyss<\/p>\n<p>        <!-- AUTHOR BOX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. 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