How difficult was it to film the underwater scenes?
Water is always extremely difficult to film in. We always had the water tested to make sure there weren’t any parasites in it. We went to great lengths to find waterways without crocodiles in them. Unfortunately, there were snakes in the water, but everyone avoided getting bitten. The complex night sequences were shot in a tank on a stage in Cape Town. That actually proved to be MORE dangerous. In the sequence where the hut goes down, part of the roof went flying into a cameraman, and knocked him into the tank, and he almost died. Why did you decide to add the political background to Gustave’s story? I thought it was a nice balance between the political drama and the predator in the water. The intent was to make it so there was nowhere for our group to hide – if they went to the water, the croc would get them, and if they were on land, they would have the warlords after them. How did you come across the legend of this killer crocodile? I was first introduced to this story by a National
