Black Panther: Wakanda Forever introduced a new Marvel nemesis. Tenoch Huerta Mejía played Namor, the king of The Lost Tribe. The Lost Tribe lives underwater and some of the film was filmed underwater. Huerta Mejía said he learned to hold his breath and his record was five minutes.
Tenoch Huerta Mejía | Eli Adé/Marvel
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is now available on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Uhd, Disney+ and digital VOD. In the bonus features, the cast and crew discuss their underwater training for the Lost Tribe scenes.
The cast of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ had to learn to dive
Some of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s fantastic visuals could only be accomplished with visual effects. However, for simpler scenes underwater, director Ryan Coogler wanted his actors to really be submerged.
“The way we did things on the first film is we did as much for real as we could,” Coogler said.
Tenoch Huerta Mejía | Eli Adé/Marvel
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is now available on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Uhd, Disney+ and digital VOD. In the bonus features, the cast and crew discuss their underwater training for the Lost Tribe scenes.
The cast of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ had to learn to dive
Some of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s fantastic visuals could only be accomplished with visual effects. However, for simpler scenes underwater, director Ryan Coogler wanted his actors to really be submerged.
“The way we did things on the first film is we did as much for real as we could,” Coogler said.
- 2/16/2023
- by Fred Topel
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Free dives, canoe crashes, barefoot work — the intense physicality audiences behold on screen comes thanks to stunt coordinators. Their work isn’t accomplished with “Jackass”-style harebrained endeavors, but thoughtful planning that allows them to create safe, repeatable, in-budget and — let’s be honest — mind-blowing action. The SAG Awards even has a category — stunt ensemble — that recognizes the best work both in film and TV.
“Wakanda Forever” director Ryan Coogler told stunt coordinator Andy Gill that he wanted to do as many practical ones as possible because he wanted to keep it real. But underwater work is a whole other beast of an endeavor, which is where stunt coordinator and underwater expert Chris Denison came in.
When it comes to planning car sequences, coordinators push matchbox cars around for visualization, but there’s no such underwater play toy that fits when you need to have actors obtain underwater Vibranium, the...
“Wakanda Forever” director Ryan Coogler told stunt coordinator Andy Gill that he wanted to do as many practical ones as possible because he wanted to keep it real. But underwater work is a whole other beast of an endeavor, which is where stunt coordinator and underwater expert Chris Denison came in.
When it comes to planning car sequences, coordinators push matchbox cars around for visualization, but there’s no such underwater play toy that fits when you need to have actors obtain underwater Vibranium, the...
- 1/10/2023
- by Zoe Hewitt
- Variety Film + TV
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