Ice-cool Branagh's chilling adventure; Kenneth Branagh took his life in his hands to film the story of the heroic Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.(Features)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: December 29, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Rebecca Fletcher

As Kenneth Branagh stood on the ice and stared out at the freezing sea, a bitter wind howled around him. He decided to postpone filming his next scene until after lunch. Then, while queueing for food, the ice where he'd been standing completely split apart.

"We'd have been floating off somewhere towards Greenland if we'd started shooting," says the Hollywood star. "Things like that kept us on our toes."

It was just one of the many dangerous moments the actor faced while playing the legendary British explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. The C4 ...

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