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Horror film that freaked out cast and crew

Actress Kristen Stewart refused to learn scuba diving as she dreaded the underwater scenes in science-fiction film Underwater

In Underwater, Kristen Stewart plays an engineer who is forced to put on a dive suit and do a treacherous underwater trek when an earthquake destroys the laboratory.
In Underwater, Kristen Stewart plays an engineer who is forced to put on a dive suit and do a treacherous underwater trek when an earthquake destroys the laboratory. PHOTO: 2020 FOX
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Filming on or under the water is notoriously hard but, even so, it is not often you hear a lead actress say she hated making a film and deliberately under-prepared.

These are some of the admissions made by the cast and director of the new science-fiction horror flick Underwater, which opens in cinemas tomorrow.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 29, 2020, with the headline Horror film that freaked out cast and crew. Subscribe