Pierre Nini in the middle of the storm. Video of the shooting of the impressive scene of the Count of Monte Cristo

A fish out of water, or almost. Taking to his Instagram page this Tuesday, November 7, Pierre Nini posed as a swimmer and was photographed battling the tide in a sea left open by wind and heavy rain. Of course, all this is just a movie. The 34-year-old actor presents a behind-the-scenes video of the film here Count of Monte CristoThe adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ book is directed by Alexandre De La Patelliere and Mathieu Delaporte and is currently in production. Anais Demostieu, Annamaria Bartholomew, Bastien Bouillon and Laurent Lafitte are in the cast alongside the actor.

A sight to behold Titanic

This scene appears to be the escape of Edmond Dantes, played by Pierre Nini, from the Chateau d’If. Due to obvious reasons of safety and time, the latter was filmed not in the open sea, but in a closed area. In the title of his post, the title tells more about the secret behind the production of this very realistic shot. “This is how they painted Titanic Or Life of Pi. It’s the world’s largest inland pool, the pride of Belgium,” says an astonished Pierre Nini on his social networks. Before graduation. “It’s great to see the know-how of the art and security teams to create exceptional cinematic images.”

This scene and many others were filmed specifically at Lites Studios, Europe’s largest underwater film studio, located near Brussels. On their website we find that their premises have several areas including a swimming pool measuring 24m x 21m and 9 meters deep. The space is also equipped with sprinklers to reproduce both fog and meter-high waves, and cameras that can shoot both on the surface and underwater. And luckily for Pier Nini, all pools are heated to 30ºC. In the excerpt, which was also revealed on his TikTok account, the person did not hide his excitement at the thought of fulfilling his “childhood dream”.