Actors and actresses occasionally have to go through quite a lot for
their craft. Harrison Ford once tore the anterior cruciate ligament in
his knee while doing his own stunts for a film, and there are routinely
injuries ranging from minor to severe on movie sets, especially those
that feature a lot of live-action stunts. One thing you may not think
about is surviving the cold while filming a movie, but that’s exactly
what the actors from "The Grey" had to do while filming for the popular
movie, and lead actor Liam Neeson has shared some interesting stories
from the movie’s filming.
"The Grey," directed by Joe Carnahan, was filmed in Canada, and Neeson
has noted that it presented some challenges. "The elements in general
were pretty tough," said Neeson in an interview with the New York Post.
"There were a couple of days that I got brain freeze. The function
between the brain and the mouth to speak the words just wasn’t working.
We were all fumbling over lines, and Joe got a bit antsy a couple times,
thinking we hadn’t learned the lines. It was just hard to get that
thought to make it work."
Interestingly, it wasn’t just difficulty delivering lines that the cast
and crew had to deal with. Carnahan himself suffered mild frostbite on
his hands and toes while filming and the hydraulic oil in the camera
crane actually froze on several occasions. Carnahan noted that the set
could only be accessed by snowmobile. Said Carnahan, "In one scene, I
remember someone saying, ‘If we do another take, we run the risk of Liam
getting the onset of frostbite.’ There was such a desperation [in his
performance] because there’s a desperation in that moment, because he
wanted to keep warm."
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