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How Noah’s Ark Film Set Was Shut Down By A Massive Real Life Flood

But cast reveal that ironic on-set storm was actually a tragedy for the crew.

While ‘Noah’ was filming in America’s East Coast, a real-life flood of biblical proportions shut down filming for four days, according to the cast in our exclusive interview. Watch it above.

“The irony wasn’t lost on anyone,” admitted Logan Lerman, who plays Noah’s son Ham in the film. “[But] it wasn’t funny - it was actually quite a sombre time,” he said.

Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast on October 2012, shutting down production at the film’s Oyster Bay set for four days. It was quickly followed by a snowstorm.

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“It shut us down for a week and it was emotionally more affecting than anything physically,” said director Darren Aronofsky. “A lot of our crew were from Jersey and Long Beach and different places in Long Island that got hit really hard. My producing partner actually lost his home.”
 
Star Jennifer Connolly herself had to abandon her New York house. “People were evacuated form their homes, I was evacuated from my home and their was mass devastation. People lost their lives.”



Amazingly however the film’s enormous, to-scale, wooden recreation of the ark survived the carnage.
 
“It kind of makes you believe in a way, because men - carpenters - put this boat together and built it to scale” said star Ray Winstone.

Adds Lerman: "We built it according to what was in the bible, so it better withstand the flood!”
 
See how the incredible sets were created in our exclusive behind-the-scenes video here.

‘Noah’ is in UK cinemas now.