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. Then there was an incident where Costner almost died during a sequence when the craft he was tied to drifted out to sea. 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.

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”. A follow-up to Universal’s 1995 movie Waterworld, starring Kevin Costner, is in the works for the small screen. In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated. 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. With Kevin Costner, Chaim Jeraffi, Rick Aviles, R.D.

Waterworld movie cast