# 'Woody Harrelson playing me in a film is surreal'

## Introduction
2 days ago  
Samantha Noble & Becky Measures  
BBC News, Derby

"**The Hollywood movie and seeing Woody Harrelson play me, is totally surreal.**"  
Duncan Allcock is still in disbelief at witnessing the dramatic deep-sea emergency he was involved in  being turned into a blockbuster.

The Last Breath tells the tale of a group of deep-sea divers working on an oil installation on the North Sea bed who race to rescue a stranded teammate following an accident.

Mr Allcock, from Derbyshire,  it felt "amazing" to be portrayed by Harrelson.

## Relationship with Woody Harrelson
Recalling the 2012 near-disaster recreated in the movie, Mr Allcock said his two colleagues - Chris Lemons and Dave Yuasa - had been diving on the seabed, inside a large metal framework, about 100m (300ft) below the surface.

He explained they had been attached to a diving bell by umbilicals - large cables providing breathing gas, communication and warm water.

The diving bell, which Mr Allcock was inside as the safety diver ready to rescue a colleague if needed, was then attached to the boat.

"So wherever the boat goes, the bell goes," said Mr Allcock.

## Diver's Story
He said the boat's computer suddenly stopped working, the vessel lost power, and it started drifting off.

Mr Allcock said: "Diver two - Chris - got his umbilical caught on the top of the structure, and that changed everything."

He said the cord "stretched like a rubber band" and he heard "a massive almighty bang, like a shotgun, then Chris's umbilical goes limp."

"I thought I was going to go with it out the hole," he said.

"I pinned myself to the roof like Spider-Man because if I had gone out the hole, I couldn't have rescued anybody."

He said Chris Lemons was left in total darkness, and his emergency tanks on his back only had enough oxygen to last about 10 minutes.

## Mr Allcock's Recovery
He said he and the other diver Dave Yuasa - who had made it back to the diving bell - could not do anything to help Mr Lemons until the boat was up and running again.

"It ended up at 38 minutes," he said.

He explained Mr Yuasa went down to rescue him and "had to clip Chris on, and climb back up his own umbilical."

Once the pair were on a framework under the diving bell, Mr Allcock said he was able to pull Mr Lemons inside using a set of pully systems ropes.

He had stopped breathing and was hypothermic but went on to make a full recovery, including resuming his diving job and marrying his fiancee.

The three men attended the film's New York premiere in February, with the movie due to hit UK cinemas this month.

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