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Submarine | Based On True Story
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Budget 20,000,000 USD
This is one of Michael Nyqvist's final films. He died of lung cancer in June 2017, a month before shooting was finished. However, according to The Guardian, Nyqvist completed his scenes.
Vladimir Putin's character was cut from the film before an actor was cast for the role. Putin, who was just three months into the job as Russian president when the tragedy occurred in 2000, was slated to appear as a supporting character in at least five scenes in the film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, EuropaCorp's president, Luc Besson, wanted to shift the story's focus to the rescue mission rather than the politics behind the disaster. One theory is that nobody at EuropaCorp wanted to be hacked. "Remember The Interview (2014)?" a source said, referring to the Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen-directed comedy that angered Kim Jong-un and is believed to have sparked the infamous Sony hack in 2014. Ironically, the Russian leader is sympathetically portrayed in the original Kursk script, which highlighted why he took the tragedy personally (Putin's father was a submariner).
Thomas Vinterberg had the idea to make the character of Tanya a pregnant woman when he met Léa Seydoux, whose pregnancy was coming to an end.
The film was scheduled to start shooting in September 2016, but had to be postponed due to Russia's defense ministry not issuing a permit for the shoot, which would run for about a month. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the ministry originally promised cooperation with the production, but reportedly grew concerned about granting access to classified information and locations. The shoot was then relocated to France and Belgium and commenced at the Naval base of Toulon, France on April 26, 2017.
The film shows an Admiral, Petrenko (Max von Sydow) as heading the public information panel: in reality it was actually headed by the (just three months into position) then President, Vladimir Putin.
"Oleg Lebedev: [breaking the tension] So... this little polar bear goes to his mother and says, "I'm a polar bear, right?" And she says, "Yes, of course." And the little polar bear says, "Okay, thanks." Oleg Lebedev: The next day the little polar bear goes to his mother again and says, "Let me see if I got this right. You're a polar bear, right?" And she says, "Yes, of course." And the little polar bear says, "And Dad's a polar bear too, right?" And she says, "Yes, of course." And the little polar bear says, "Okay. Fine, just checking." Oleg Lebedev: So the next day, the little polar bear goes to his mother again and says, "I just gotta be clear here. You're a polar bear, right?" And the mother says, "Yes." "And Dad's a polar bear, right?" And she says, "Yes." "That makes ME a polar bear, right?" And she says, "Yes." Oleg Lebedev: Then the little polar bear says, "Then why am I so - " Anton Markov: [interrupting] " - So fucking cold" [laughter all around]"
"Tanya Averina: [eulogizing] My Mikhail said that those who've gone to sea are forever changed. He said that's why they're different from the rest of us, tied one to the other, by the sea."
