Show Notes
It’s 1995 and Waterworld is meant to be blockbuster of the year. But everyone’s talking about it for all the wrong reasons.
Before filming even begins, director Kevin Reynolds is warned not to shoot on the open ocean. He decides to do it anyway — with unfolding consequences that will cost him dearly.
We’re revisiting one of Hollywood’s most infamously chaotic movie sets, and one of its most enduring cautionary tales.
What went wrong on the set of Waterworld to make it the most expensive movie ever made at the time? Why did filming on the Pacific Ocean create a storm behind the scenes? And what were the personal stakes of the legendary falling-out between director Kevin Reynolds and star Kevin Costner?
Does Waterworld really deserve its reputation as an epic Hollywood fail?
To help us navigate the choppy waters of 90s Hollywood filmmaking, Michelle is joined by movie expert Simon Brew
So settle in for a big-screen-worthy adventure, where things are about to get very wet and very wild.
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