1. The film is the sixth film adapted from real events directed by Ron Howard. The first five are "Apollo XIII", "A Beautiful Mind", "Cinderella Man", "Fox Dialogue with Nixon" and "Very Fast".
2. Part of the scene of the film was shot in Spain-Canary Islands. The movie version of "Moby Dick" directed by John Heston was also shot here.
3. The film was originally scheduled for March 13, 2015, and was postponed to December 11, in order to hit the 2016 Oscars.
4. Herman Melville has never actually been a sailor on the Essex. The whaling ship he was on was named Acushnet.
5. The role of Captain George Pollard was originally intended to include Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston or Henry Havel. Eventually starred by Benjamin Walker of "Vampire Lincoln".
6. In the film, the crew tried to board the island of Masira in the Chile-Juan Fernandez Islands. More than a hundred years ago, the Scotsman Selkirk once lived on this deserted island. His story was adapted into Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe".
7. Due to the plot requirements, Chris Hemsworth lost more than 15 pounds through a diet training program during the filming of the film.
8. During the filming of the film, the protagonists need to control their daily calorie intake within 500 calories, which is equivalent to living on only apples and vegetables. During the diet, they also need to burn calories every day and burn fat through various physical training.
