'Deepwater Horizon' trivia and fun facts
First movie together
In Kate Hudson's Instagram she published photo with her step-father Kurt Russell. She mentioned this movie will be the first movie working with him.
Collaboration
Mark Wahlberg and Pete Berg's second collaboration.
The last day of filming
The final day of filming was on 8/7/2015.
Oil Rig
An oil rig was built just for this film, this rig is located in Chalmette, Louisiana where filming mostly took place.
Emma Stone declined a role
A role was offered to Emma Stone but she declined as the script was still being worked on.
Wahlberg as older
The producers of the movie contacted Mark Wahlberg and told him they wanted a screen combo with an older and younger male lead together. Wahlberg started to contact some of the older actors he knew, like Jack Nicholson. But, to his surprise, the producers wanted Wahlberg to be the older lead, with someone like Dylan O'Brien being the younger one.
Oilfield workers against the film
A large number of oilfield workers in the Gulf of Mexico are against making the film because they feel that it dishonors the men who died during the actual event.
Graham McGinnis
The actor, Graham McGinnis, portraying the Coast Guard Lieutenant is an actual active duty Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Swimmer stationed at USCG Airstation New Orleans.
Creative Differences
J.C. Chandor was attached to direct, but dropped out citing creative differences.