- In order to show the real effect, the crew reached Mount Everest more than 6,000 meters above sea level, which has exceeded the height that the insurance company can guarantee.
- Christian Bale was originally scheduled to star in the protagonist Rob Hall, but withdrew from the film in order to make "Exodus: Gods and Pharaohs". This role was later played by Jason Clark.
- After Bell retired, director Batasa Komaku modified the script, so that Rob Hall's original role as the first protagonist declined, the distribution of the scenes became more even, and it became a group play structure.
- The 96-year mountain disaster recorded in the film was the most serious mountaineering accident in the Everest region. However, during the filming in Nepal, an avalanche on Mount Everest on April 18, 2014 claimed the lives of 16 climbers, and the death toll exceeded the 96-year disaster.
- Director Komaku insisted not to use green screens or special effects to create an icy environment. Instead, the crew moved to a mountain in Nepal to shoot on the ground in the wind and snow.
- In order to shoot the film, actor Josh Brolin overcomes his fear of heights. Experience mountain climbing every day before shooting.
- At a place close to 8,000 meters above sea level, the temperature was severely lost, and the actors' faces, hands, and feet were sometimes unconscious during filming.
Everest behind the scenes gags
2022-01-27 08:04
Extended Reading
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Velva 2022-03-16 09:01:03
It's depressing to watch, this kind of film can still reflect a lot of human nature problems
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Jalyn 2022-04-24 07:01:04
Madan thought it was a horror movie. . . The overall situation is not bad, everything is stable, I just don't understand why such a professional person hesitates, and in the end, saving others is not counterproductive and hurting himself, alas, in the face of nature, it is useless to be soft-hearted. The so-called Everest climbing equipment and manpower are so fragile?
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Doug Hansen: I'm climbing Mount Everest... because I can... because to be able to climb that high and see that kind of beauty that nobody ever sees, it'd be a crime not to.
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Anatoli Boukreev: We don't need competition between people. There is competition between every person and this mountain. The last word always belongs to the mountain.