However, this shark cage scene was particularly intense for Li Bingbing, and according to the actress’ remarks during a recent press conference in Shanghai (via Stuff), the filming process kept her underwater for so long (and for so many different takes) that she actually thought that she was going to die when director Jon Turteltaub asked her to go down for one more take.
We’ve known for a while that The Meg is planning to include a sequence in which a character goes underwater in a shark cage, thanks to footage the flick has previously revealed.
That’s been a staple of the horror subgenre ever since Jaws debuted back in the 1970s.