- In order to shoot underwater scenes, Li Ang specially brought his two children to learn diving together, and he also obtained a diving license.
- In the flying fish scene in the film, thousands of fish are flying on the surface of the sea. The prop group produced many rubber flying fishes for this scene. During the shooting, the staff kept throwing them at the protagonist Sura and on the boat, while the dense flying fishes in the distant scene were synthesized by digital animation.
- Sura Sharma couldn't swim at all when he was drafted. After receiving rigorous training from stunt instructor Charlie Crove Weir and stuntman Cameron Crove Weir, he became a great swimmer.
- In the early stage of production, Ang Lee wanted the crew to experience the power of the sea firsthand, so he and the visual effects director and other production members took the coast rescue team's speedboat into the storm. The 9-foot-high waves rolled the solid speedboat around.
- In order to shoot the film, the actor Sura Sharma received high-intensity special training in Taiwan, including survival skills, swimming and balance training. Through strict diet control and physical training, Sura has changed from a thin 150-pound boy to a 167-pound muscular man.
- Because the "tiger" in the film has close contact with the male number one, real tigers cannot meet the shooting needs, so the tigers in the film are all made by CG.
Life of Pi behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Pi Patel: [to starving, semi-conscious tiger in lifeboat] We're dying, Richard Parker. I'm sorry.
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Pi Patel: Then the ship sank. What else do you want from me?
Younger Insurance Investigator: A story that won't make us look like fools.
Older Insurance Investigator: We need a simpler story for our report. One our company can understand. A story we can all believe.
Pi Patel: [pause] So, a story without things you've never seen before.
Older Insurance Investigator: That's right.
Pi Patel: Without surprises, without animals, or islands?
Older Insurance Investigator: Yes, the truth.
Writer: [back to present, to Adult Pi Patel] So, what did you do?
Adult Pi Patel: I told them another story.