12 Secrets About Blue Crush Revealed

Yes, filming in the water was certainly challenging for Stockwell, who eventually enlisted professional bodysurfer Mike Stewart to operate the camera after a Hollywood cameraman was swept away by a wave, destroying his expensive camera. But the director said that it is the most difficult Blue Crush it was time

“The biggest challenge was getting the studio to understand that you can’t schedule waves,” he explained. “I said, ‘We’re going to have wave coverage. If there are waves, no matter what’s planned, we’ll go shoot in the water.” That’s what we did, and we had a very flexible schedule.”

And that openness to a film based on the ocean led to some of the film’s best shots, according to Stockwell.

“Even in pre-production, if there were waves, I would go out and shoot,” he said. “I’d say, ‘Okay, this is a suit test.’ But I would ship Kate, Sanoe, and Michelle, and some of the best shots in the movie are from the wardrobe tests. Universal hated it because they didn’t have all their insurance, so they weren’t happy it happened, but it was the only way I could do it.”

The studio originally brought in a second special effects department and had plans for all CGI, but it “turned out horribly,” Stockwell admitted, so the only effect used in the film was a face swap to put Bosworth’s face on Ballard’s body.

“To be honest, it’s not very good,” he added. “The effects are pretty bad if you slow it down. It was done by the same people To encounter, to encounter, to meet withwhat John Travolta and Nicolas Cage movie. But all waves are real. On some of the big days, Kate paddled and I really wanted her to sit in the lineup with the spray blowing the waves. She definitely could have been hurt or killed, so kudos to her for coming out.”