

Only a few days later, his wife of 16 years and the mother of his children, Cindy Costner, announced their “amicable” divorce. Of course, Costner was also married and had kids. His stuntman also nearly died during underwater scenes, after coming up too quickly from a dive and suffering from decompression sickness, also known as “the bends” which can be fatal.Īnd, would you believe, it actually gets even worse.ĭuring filming, reports linked Costner to a stunning - and married - Hawaiian hula dancer. It reportedly took nearly half an hour for rescue crews to reach and untie him. On July 28, 1995, Universal unveiled its producer-star Kevin Costners expansive epic Waterworld in theaters.

Then there was an incident where Costner almost died during a sequence when the craft he was tied to drifted out to sea. The setting of the film is in the distant future. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. It was based on Raders original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it with Charles Gordon and John Davis. But it did.Ĭostner’s adorable little child co-star was stung by a jellyfish while filming, a hurricane hit Hawaii and sunk the boat set that had to be rebuilt, and the original composer was fired because Costner didn’t like his music, costing the production company bucketloads of money. Wonderful is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic science fiction action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. You would think it couldn’t have gotten much worse for the big budget flick. That way he can always be working with his favourite actor and favourite director”. Are they riding jetskis or dolphins? Wouldn’t be surprised if it was the latter tbh.Īfterwards the veteran director made a snide comment about Costner to Entertainment Weekly: “In the future Costner should only appear in pictures he directs himself.
