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Actor Ross Kemp nearly rode aboard theTitanlast year but scrapped his plan due to safety concerns regarding the submersible.
The formerEastEndersstar, 58, was interested in making a documentary marking theTitanic’s 110th anniversary when he contemplated the trip in 2022,according toThe Guardian.
However, Atlantic Productions, the production company behind the project, advised against it, the newspaper reported.
Addressing what happened during a recent episode ofLorraine, Kemp said. “I’m not an expert on submarines and I would never make a decision about whether I would be fit or not fit to go down in that said submarine."
“My main feelings are for the families because they’re grieving now," he added, perThe Independent.
In a follow-up message on Twitter over the weekend, his agent said the trip “was rejected as UNSAFE.”
He went on to call the expedition, which culminated in the deaths of five men aboard theTitan,a “terrible tragedy.”
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The documentary shared 4K footage “using specially adapted cameras to produce footage and stills of the Titanic wreck,” according to a synopsis.
Last week,Vescovo told PEOPLEthat he had spoken with with passengers Hamish Harding andPaul-Henri Nargeoletabout the risks of deep-sea exploration.
“I warned Hamish and PH Nargeolet about the dangers of OceanGate, and they nodded and agreed, but that was the only submersible operation that was visitingTitanic,” Vescovo said. “PH loved diving theTitanic, and Hamish very, very much wanted to seeTitanic. He actually asked me in the past if I could take him there, but that’s not what my submersibles were designed for.”
source: people.com
