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The ending of "Blade Runner 2049" puts its protagonist, K, played by Ryan Gosling, through the wringer both mentally and physically. No sooner does K have his bubble burst about being the Chosen One — the first human child ever born of a bioengineered replicant — than he is facing down fellow replicant Luv (Sylvia Hoeks) in a brutal fight to the death on a seawall. There, K has intercepted the off-world transport carrying Luv and Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who remains handcuffed inside while waves crash all around them and the water level rises, threatening to drown Deckard. Luv wields a knife, blood is spilled, and the struggle to survive extended to the filmmakers, too, apparently.

The seawall scene in Denis Villeneuve's movie — the 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott's original 1982 "Blade Runner" film — was shot on a set in a water tank in Budapest. And according to Paul Lambert, the resident VFX supervisor for Double Negative, it involved "two weeks of night shooting with simulated rain and wind." Lambert and other members of the "Blade Runner 2049" visual effects team spoke to Creative Bloq about the making of the movie, and as Rocky once said, it wasn't "all sunshine and rainbows." Far from it, in fact.

Referring to the flying transport "limo," Lambert said:
"It was absolutely miserable. The limo was on a contraption that allowed it to be pulled into the water. The practical water worked well but there were times that Denis wanted bigger waves, so we augmented with some full CG splashes on the limo. Not having moonlight or a completely lit set was key to the look of this. You could see a few waves out but then it was pitch black."