Apparently the #1 rule of diving ....

[Tod]

But if he wears a black wizzard robe, does that make him DIR?

 

[limeyx]

But if he wears a black wizzard robe, does that make him DIR?

only if he has a backup wand bungeed around his neck for easy deployment in an OOM situation.

 

[Tod]

Out of magic, too funny!

 

[boulderjohn]

The same methods was used for Into the Blue, except that the actors became pretty accomplished free divers by the time they were filming and could hold their breath for a heck of a lot longer than 15 seconds. In an interview I read, they said that they were well aware of the danger, and each sequence was filmed at one depth.

 

[PhotoTJ]

Remember, it's only a movie.

And he was trained to do one very specific stunt.

 

[Ron Brandt]

is not important when filming..

"a Harry Potter film"

presumably, he never ascended much during the scenes....

This works here too (the other #1 rule of scuba diving)

"Don't Dive With Strokes"

Ron

 

[Rick Inman]

... 6 months to learn to dive for 15 seconds?

That explains it. No time for acting lessons.

 

[Trinigordo]

I think I got screwed it only took me 3 days to learn to dive (

 

[ItsBruce]

BTW: I'd always heard that not holding your breath was the #2 rule of diving. The #1 rule is "DON'T INHALE WATER."

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

What is a "stroke"? (A n00b diver?)