Behind-the-scenes tidbits of surfing man

Based on the struggle legend of world-class surfer Jay Moriri, the whole movie was filmed in the most sinister and charming bullwave area of San Francisco, presenting a real and frightening surfing scene! Starring gerard butler, he has appeared in the 300 Spartans, P.S. I Love You and other blockbusters, and played Jay's surfing guide and spiritual mentor in the film. When gerard butler was shooting, many shots were shot in person for realistic presentation, but were accidentally swept into the sea by the 3.6-meter wave. He was in a coma and was in critical condition. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and sent to the hospital.

Jay, the protagonist of this story based on a true story, became famous at the age of 16 because of his battle with Niulang. He is honored as a "soul surfer", which means a person who only pursues the simple pleasure of surfing and challenges the limits, whether it is competition or practice. In 200 1 year, Jay and his friends drowned without equipment while diving in Maldives, ending a wonderful legendary life of just 22 years.

His story inspired many surfers, and even gave birth to a new term "Like Jay" (living like Jay), encouraging surfers to bravely pursue their dreams. In order to commemorate him, the "The Jay" Big Wave Invitational Tournament is held every year in the South Half Moon Bay of San Francisco where Niu Lang is located, inviting experts from all over the world to fly high with Jay's courage and adventurous spirit.

In the preparatory stage of "Surfer", in order to find the most suitable actor to play the role of Jay, there was an open recruitment on the Internet, provided that he was familiar with surfing and skateboarding skills and could convey the characteristics of young people's self-confidence, optimism, courage and persistence. Finally, the 22-year-old new actor Johnny Weston got the qualification. His last film, Cherry, was shortlisted for this year's Berlin Film Festival and was shown at the Taipei Film Festival.

The director and producer of this film is curtis hanson, an Oscar-winning director. He directed such business cards as Los Angeles Secret, Lucky Gambler and Stealing High Heels. He is good at combining exciting action scenes with touching emotional expressions. Secret of Los Angeles, which received nine Oscar nominations, not only won fame for Australian actor Russell Crowe, but also won the Best Supporting Actress Award for kim basinger, a sexy actress who has always been regarded as a vase, and curtis hanson herself won the Best Screenplay Award. This time, Surfer Man is a work that director curtis hanson participated in from the beginning of preparation, and devoted a lot of effort. However, with three weeks left in filming, curtis hanson was hospitalized for an operation due to a heart attack, which forced the filming to stop. Fortunately, at this time, another heavyweight Oscar director, michael apted, took over the filming in time because he agreed with the script and communication concept of this film, and finally the film was successfully completed.

Michael apted, a famous British director, directed many Oscar-winning business cards, such as The Miner's Daughter, The Danger of Fog Lock and Nell's Heart, which made the actresses who starred in these three films: sissy spacek, sigourney weaver and Jodie Foster all get Oscar nominations. Since 2003, Mai michael apted has been the president of the American Directors Association. In recent years, he has also directed many large-scale commercial films, such as 007' s Dark Sun Crisis and The Legend of Narnia 3: Surfing at Dawn.