Trivia: In both Jaws and Deep Blue Sea there is a scene involving a license plate. In Jaws it is removed from the belly of the dead tiger shark. In Deep Blue Sea it is removed from the teeth of a tiger shark. Not only are both sharks the same kind but both plates are from Louisiana. The license plate number is the same in both films: 007 o 981 Exp 72-73.
Trivia: Director Renny Harlin has a cameo as one of the employees of Aquatica who are leaving the facility for their weekend break in the opening scene.
Trivia: Famed horror author Stephen King is a big fan of Deep Blue Sea - it was the first movie he saw after being released from hospital after being hit by a truck.
Trivia: According to Thomas Jane, the studio held a sneak screening of this film in New York before its premiere, and when Samuel L. Jackson is eaten by a shark in the middle of giving a motivational speech, the movie was inaudible for the next few minutes because the audience was losing their minds. The reaction prompted studio execs to try to put more money into the film's advertising, but by that time, it was too late.
Trivia: Saffron Burrows (Susan) can be seen doling out air hand signals to the crew in some underwater shots.
Trivia: Ronny Cox (Russell Franklin's boss) has no lines of dialogue in the movie.
Answer: This was a CGI scene.
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