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Nathaniel Philbrick's non-fiction "In the Heart of the Sea:
The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex" tells the story of the
sinking of the "Essex", an American whaling ship, in 1820.
The vessel was struck by a sperm whale and its crew was left
stranded at sea. The events are said to have helped inspire
Herman Melville's famed novel.
The film's cast -- Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland and Benjamin
Walker -- had to lose weight for the film.
"It was hard work getting down to that weight for all of us but
we had a pretty tight unit," "Thor" actor Hemsworth said at the
film's European premiere in London on Wednesday night.
"All the cast were doing it so it was a lot of support as
opposed to doing it on your own."
British actor Tom Holland, who will star as the next
"Spider-Man", said filming the movie was "pretty tough".
"The important thing is that this is a true story about real
people and we had a duty as actors to do justice to these
characters," he said.
"Ron (Howard) made sure that every aspect of this film was
authentic so that meant we had to starve, learn how to sail,
really go out to sea, so it was pretty grueling, but ... all for
a good reason."
"In the Heart of the Sea" begins its cinema roll out on
Thursday. It hits U.S. theaters on Dec. 11 and cinemas in the UK
on Dec. 26.
(Reporting by Holly Rubenstein; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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