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Kirk Krack has spent the last five and a half years working with James Cameron on Avatar 2, Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥˜The Way of WaterÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™ teaching actors and crew free diving.
How does a kid from the prairies make it to the set of one of the worldÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s biggest movies teaching diving?
Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥˜Yeah, ItÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s funny, everyone wants to know that, right? When I explain where IÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™m from, Saskatchewan, I always explain it to my American friends, itÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s the land where you watch your dog run away for three daysÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™.
KrackÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™s parents gave the 14-year-old lifeguard, scuba lessons for his birthday and the rest is history.
Having trained athletes like Tiger Woods, Military teams and actors and production people, Krack remains a strong supporter of the environment, having worked on the award-winning documentary, Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥˜The CoveÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™.
Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥˜We were trying to shoot this documentary about the health and the state of the oceans and the pressure theyÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™re under and what we need to mitigate disasters for it, then we found this slaughter of dolphins that was still going onÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™.
Krack is rejoining the Oceanic Preservation Society working on a multi-year project, four to six expeditions a year around the world which will take the next two to three years.
The diver talks to host Peter McCully about working with Tom Cruise and stunt doubling as Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥˜BatmanÏã½¶ÊÓÆµÖ±²¥™.
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