Teresa Palmer pointed out that, coincidentally, her son’s name is Bodhi, and that she named him with no prior knowledge of Point Break or the character.

Palmer is the only female in the lead cast and mentioned that what drew her to Samsara was the strength and empowered wisdom of the character.

Teresa Palmer, who plays Samsara in the film, describes her character as a kind of oracle, a woman who is “very deeply rooted in her spirituality and has been on this incredibly complex journey from when she was born… and these men look to her for answers.”.

He explained with a grin that his character had been in a highly choreographed fight with Bodhi, which takes place in an underground fight club in France. Bracey came in to be interviewed with a face made up to look beaten. An added bonus was the fact that Bracey has been surfing and playing rugby since childhood.

Luke Bracey won the role of Johnny Utah after an extensive audition process, and he got the part due to the fact that he seemed “real” and unaffected, according to Kosove.

As such, the film explores themes of eco-terrorism and radical environmentalism as the driving force underlying the villains’ actions. Kosove stated that everything they do is to be “one with nature”.

The villains in the film are simultaneously terrorists and extreme protectors of the environment.

Both the original film and the remake share an undercurrent of political commentary, and a questioning of the status quo by radical means.

In terms of tone and the overall approach to Point Break, Kosove wanted to go back to what he feels action films used to be, with higher stakes, “real action, real consequences and people getting hurt”.

Kosove likened the shoot at Angel Falls to a “full-scale military operation”. It consisted of a platform that was approximately the size of a football field just beneath the summit of the falls where the crew set up camp so as not to disrupt the environment by making camp on the ground.

The Angel Falls sequence is an expensive one, with a structure that cost upwards of $500K to build.

The film includes a sequence shot at Venezuela’s legendary Angel Falls, which is protected and as such required much participation from the local government as well as numerous permits.

Image via WB While shooting second unit footage at the Jaws surf break in Maui, the crew was fortunate enough to catch one of the largest wave breaks of the last decade, being ridden by the world’s top big wave surfers.

Weather conditions in Europe were disastrous during filming, with torrential rain making it extremely challenging and dangerous to shoot second unit stunts.

The production relied on a variety of different digital cameras in order to depict extreme sports in new and innovative ways, including Go-Pros, the RED camera and an Opticom which Kosove described as a RED camera fastened to a remote controlled helicopter.Core also acts as cinematographer, a fact that actress Teresa Palmer called “a gift because he is so involved in every single aspect of this film.”.He later partnered with Alcon Entertainment to develop the remake script over a 3-year period with writer Kurt Wimmer and director Ericson Core.

Chris Taylor, a business executive at Largo Entertainment, the production company that made the original Point Break, acquired the rights to remake the film after the business folded.Point Break uses physical locations as much as possible, and the producers tried to be judicious when implementing green screens or VFX. It was shot in over 10 countries and 4 continents.

The film takes place over the period of about a month, and took close to a year to shoot.

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