Austin Abrams Still Won’t Admit Which Was Tougher to Shoot, ‘Whalefall’ or ‘Resident Evil’
Austin Abrams is starring in two demanding survival films released close together: *Whalefall* and *Resident Evil*. In *Whalefall*, he plays a diver swallowed by a sperm whale while searching for his late father’s remains, and he still declines to say which film was harder to shoot.
For *Whalefall*, Abrams earned scuba certifications, visited a sperm whale sanctuary and wore diving gear around his neighbourhood to prepare. Filming involved a cramped stomach set where crew members moved him around; director Brian Duffield thinks it was tougher than *Resident Evil*, though Abrams says both productions had advantages and drawbacks. *Resident Evil* has grossed $324 million worldwide.
- Abrams stars in two recent survival films.
- *Whalefall* required cramped, physically demanding set work.
- He won’t say which shoot was tougher.
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Austin Abrams is an actor appearing in two survival films, Whalefall and Resident Evil, released close together. Whalefall follows a diver searching for his late father’s remains who is swallowed by a sperm whale.
The films called for different kinds of physical work. For Whalefall, Abrams trained in scuba diving and filmed scenes in a cramped set built to represent the whale’s stomach; Resident Evil is another survival story, and its worldwide box office total has reached $324 million. The comparison gives some context for the demands of each production.