{"id":43655,"date":"2024-01-12T13:58:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T12:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1959481"},"modified":"2024-01-12T15:44:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T14:44:58","slug":"kevin-hart-recalls-near-death-experience-shooting-lifts-venice-scene","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/kevin-hart-recalls-near-death-experience-shooting-lifts-venice-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Hart recalls near-death experience shooting Lift\u2019s Venice scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

The comedian leads a high-profile international cast for the new Netflix heist flick. <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 12 January 2024 at 12:58 PM<\/p>

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As Tom Cruise will attest, there\u2019s always an element of danger involved when shooting a high-octane action film \u2013 and Kevin Hart had a brush with death during production of his new Netflix heist flick Lift<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The comedian leads a high-profile international cast for the movie, and speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> just before the film\u2019s release he revealed that one sequence on the canals of Venice left him fearing for his life.<\/p>\n

Asked about some of the challenges of filming, he immediately responded: \u201cI\u2019m gonna go to the scene where we almost died!\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe wanted to get some shots of, like, reactions during a chase scene. So we got on the boat and on this particular day the water was really choppy in Venice. So we were going against the chop, so the boat\u2019s getting a little air. And he\u2019s like, \u2018Let\u2019s pick up the speed a little bit.’\u201d<\/p>\n

His co-star Gugu Mbatha-Raw \u2013 who says she \u201cluckily\u201d wasn\u2019t on the boat when the incident happened \u2013 then pointed out that there was something of a language barrier between the stunt driver of the boat and the cast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a little anxiety in there,\u201d Hart continued. \u201cLike a little anxiety with F Gary [Gray, director]. And he\u2019s like, \u2018OK, we\u2019re gonna go\u2026 does he understand me?\u2019<\/p>\n

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Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Abby, Kevin Hart as Cyrus and Oli Green as Mollsen in Lift.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cLike, we go, and he picks up some speed. And we hit a wave a little high, and the boat came down and, like, yanked real quick \u2013 you see the camera guy go to the side, F almost went outside of the boat. I remember specifically saying to myself, \u2018Well, this is it, this is death \u2013 this is how we\u2019re all gonna do it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201c\u00darsula [Corber\u00f3, co-star] was like, \u2018I\u2019m shaken up\u2019 \u2013 she needed a second. That\u2019s probably the craziest thing!\u201d<\/p>\n

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