We chat with the fabulous Nicky Whelan (nickywhelan) about her new shark movie Maneater, which arrives August 26, and the challenges of filming in the deep blue sea with a mechanical creature:
Coming to theaters on August 26th, Maneater is the latest shark film to be added to the horror genre. When Jesse's friends try to lift her spirits after a devastating breakup, they vacation to a picturesque tropical island. Dropped off by their guide and left to their own devices, all appears well until they lose contact with the captain of the boat. Suddenly the target of a great white shark, the friends' vacation turns into a fight for survival.
It's a challenge to make these kinds of movies. It was shooting in Hawaii, which is always a nice invitation. It was like, "I'm gonna be part of a shark movie." Like, "Yeah, let's do this." And it was a real challenging one and I enjoyed it so much. And understanding, you know, we used a real puppeteer shark for a lot of the movie and then also some CGI, but, you know, I wanted to be a part of a shark movie in my career. So here it was. It was really cool.
I was like, "Wow, we are doing this." The waters were rough. We were shooting on a beach outside of the airport. We had a lot of noise distractions. One minute the water's dead calm, and the next minute, it's rough as hell and we're getting in and out of the water. And then shooting on boats, you know, it's a no-joke process.
Nicky Whelan: I'm so glad you understand that. You're so right. There are three or four angles they like to do this from, but there was one scene where I needed to swim the length of the beach—not fully—but we had this wide shot with the shark behind me, and, I said I'm a good swimmer, but it was rough waters. It was choppy. I couldn't see the bottom of the water. I was like, "I'm sh*t-scared right now and I don't know if I've got enough breath in me to get this.
Screen Rant: I like that you brought up that scene at the end when you're under the boat. Was that the puppeteer shark? Was that CGI? What was going on behind the scenes there? Because it was a lot of close shots.
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