James Cameron has quite a reputation for his reported perfectionist nature and for never having an easy production experience. But as the final products are considered to be the best sci-fi movies of all time, all the stress to keep production going clearly pay off in the end. If you want to know how far the Canadian director will go for his work, I just found out he gave CPR to a rat while filming The Abyss, and oh my!
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, James Cameron got real about a time making the 1989 movie when a rat that was used to showcase The Abyss' oxygenated water technology almost drowned. Not wanting to letting the rodent die and having the movie’s “No Animals Were Harmed” certification taken away, the director actually performed CPR on the rodent. Cameron spoke about how his act of heroism was the beginning of a beautiful friendship between him and “Beanie”:
