Four years on from the dramatic rescue of a group of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in Thailand, their story has been told by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard in “Thirteen Lives”.
The boys, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach, were exploring the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai in June 2018 when monsoon rains flooded the tunnels and trapped them underground.
“It's stunning what was achieved. It’s not just about the heroic divers, you know, it really is an entire community and a country and a lot of countries ultimately participating and making something amazing come true,” Howard told Reuters at the film’s London premiere on Monday. The film stars American Viggo Mortensen and Ireland's Colin Farrell as British divers Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, with Australian actor Joel Edgerton taking on the role of Harry Harris, who was brought on to help when options to save the boys were running out.
Stanton and Volanthen and members of the international rescue dive team attended Monday's event, praising Howard's interpretation of the events.
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