With a bit of scuba diving experience under his belt, Tom Bateman said he felt comfortable taking the deep dive for the training involved in making Thirteen Lives, the dramatic new Ron Howard movie based on the story of 12 young soccer players and their 25-year-old coach who were trapped in an underground cave in Thailand during monsoon season.
The heroic 2018 rescue mission—which captured worldwide headlines—brought together divers and other volunteer experts from around the world. It is a story about bravery, heroes, global concern, making the impossible happen and pushing ourselves to our limits for the greater good.
The boys were trapped inside a cave for 17 days with little food and water and were ultimately rescued by some of the best divers in the world played by Bateman, Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen and Joel Edgerton.
One extraordinary aspect of this incredible story is…
