Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton & Teeradon Supapunpinyo Talk Thirteen Lives

Now playing in select theaters and streaming on Prime Video is director Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives. Co-produced by Raymond Phathanavirangoon, the fantastic film is based on the incredible 2018 true story about the Thai soccer team that became trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm. As word spread around the planet, more than 10,000 volunteers joined forces to help save the twelve boys and their coach, including a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers. Shortly after seeing the film, I got to speak with Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton, and Teeradon ‘James’ Supapunpinyo. They talked about not Hollywoodizing the story, how they were always trying to be as authentic as possible, the way Howard incorporated Thai culture, why it was important to make the audience feel like they were in the water, why Mortensen led the charge to having the actors actually performing the diving scenes, and what would surprise people to learn about the making of the movie. In addition, th