Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World behind the scenes gags

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

In the pre-production stage of the film, the James Cook’s replica of the voyage ship "Endeavour" is sailing around the world; when the "Endeavour" is about to sail along the bottom of South America, the crew arranged for two photographers to fly to "Endeavour." The ship followed up with the shoot, because this route is also the route that the "Miracle" will sail in the film. Therefore, many shots of rough seas are real.
In order to keep the actors in the state of the play, Will asked them to cover the mirror outside the scene with cloth, try not to watch TV, and spend their free time writing letters, playing musical instruments and painting. Before shooting many scenes, he would let the cast and crew learn about the life of the seamen, and then play a variety of music for them, according to different scenes to choose DINK Floyd or American percussion or chorus.
On the eve of the two-week sea training, Crow organized a cocktail party to entertain the actors. The training included artillery fire drills, nautical practice, rifle and fencing training. Betteny did not participate in the training camp.
Crow sometimes hosted a dinner for his "officers", and sometimes held shipbuilding literacy contests and rugby games to cultivate the affection between the actors.
Paul Bettany is the only actor who has no seasickness because he was a member of the Maritime Youth League when he was a child; the purpose of the Maritime Youth League is to gather young people interested in maritime knowledge and naval systems to give them opportunities Get in touch with and learn sailing knowledge, skills, discipline and leadership skills.
During the filming, Russell Crowe interrupted the shooting and flew directly to London to attend the funeral of his friend Richard Harris. When filming the scene where all the seamen buried their comrades in the sea, when everyone was ready, Will played a sad and mysterious music. Crow walked into the screen and started his speech in memory of Richard Harris. This speech It can be described as touching, and all the cast and crew present were moved.
In order to better interpret his role in the film, Paul Bettany once came to the Royal College of Surgeons in London to learn how to use surgical instruments from the 18th century.
Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany used to work together in the film "Beautiful Mind", so when they filmed "Fighting Sea", the two were already close friends.
Russell Crowe used to practice violin hard in order to make this film, and said that this was the most difficult thing he did to make a film.
Before the film was shot, Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany and most of the cast and crew went to visit the Royal Navy Victory in Portsmouth.