ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke to 13 Lives stars Weir Sukollawat Kanarot and Pattrakorn “Ploy” Tungsupakul about their roles. Kanarot portrays the heroic Saman Kunan, who tragically handed away through the rescue, whereas Tungsupakul performs the mom of one of many lacking boys. The Ron Howard-directed movie is streaming on Prime Video on August 5.
“13 Lives recounts the unimaginable true story of the great international effort to rescue a Thai soccer workforce who change into trapped within the Tham Luang cave throughout an surprising rainstorm,” says the synopsis. “Confronted with insurmountable odds, a workforce of the world’s most expert and skilled divers – uniquely capable of navigate the maze of flooded, slim cave tunnels – be a part of with Thai forces and greater than 10,000 volunteers to aim a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly excessive stakes and your complete world watching, the group embarks on their most difficult dive but, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit within the course of.”
Tyler Treese: Weir, you painting a very heroic Thai Navy SEAL who does all the things he can to save lots of these boys. It’s such a tragedy that occurred, so what preparation went into this function?
Weir Sukollawat Kanarot: I’m fortunate I’ve a diving certificates. [For] Saman, I simply mentioned immediately with Ron in regards to the character and the script. Saman, he was keen when extra divers had been wanted and keen to rescue the boys.
Ploy, there’s simply a lot emotion in being a mom on this state of affairs. What did you faucet into for these moments to indicate each the worry of the state of affairs and likewise the power to remain hopeful?
I can relate that all of us has a worry of dropping somebody we love and in that form of state of affairs, the one factor that we might be is to remain hopeful till we all know the true results of the operation. With no true understanding of the ending, we should keep hopeful. That’s how I can relate my emotions with the mother and father of the child, that that should be the power of the mother and father all through the entire operation.
Weir, you’ve got so many nice scenes contained in the water. How tough was it performing in these situations?
Yeah, actually, actually tough, however actually stunning. As a result of within the cave [there are] slim passageways the place it’s actually darkish and fairly scary, however now we have our skilled security workforce additionally assist us through the shoot. The taking pictures went nicely. I needed to maintain my breath for about two minutes for the loss of life scene.
