I just found some info on Rhys’ role in the upcomming movie Sanctum.
Sanctum is set underwater and tells the story of a cave-diving team, made up of a billionaire and a father and son, who become trapped during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world. It is based on the real-life experience of the film’s producer and writer Andrew Wight, who was trapped underwater with 14 other Aussies for around 30 hours when the entrance to a cave they were exploring under the Nullarbor’s Pannikin Plains collapsed during a freak storm. The drama happened in 1988 and Wight made a documentary about the ordeal before managing to convince his mate `Jim’ to make a movie. Wight and Cameron have a close working relationship and have collaborated on a number of projects including Ghosts of the Abyss.

The stars of the film are Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd (above) as the billionaire underwriting the diving expedition, the perpetual villain Richard Roxburgh as `the dad’ character and up and comer Rhys Wakefield (below) as his teenage son. The Home & Away alumni was very impressive in The Black Balloon and this is likely to be Wakefield’s breakthrough into mainstream Hollywood.

Source: Movie Mazzup

An alert action-thriller about a team of divers in a magnificent expedition to the most beautiful, unexplored and least accessible underwater cave system in the world. In the expedition is Frank McGuire (Richard Roxburgh) – an individualist explorer and his son of 17 years, Josh, who came in protest, and billionaire Carl Hurley (Ioan Gruffudd), whose purpose is to undermine the expedition. When a sudden tropical storm makes its appearance, their only escape is to get out of the cave, which may come only after everything is flooded with water. All you have to do is find an air reservoir and leave the location in time, because the cave does not allow mistakes. Immersive 3D Sanctum promises a delightful experience. A film produced by James Cameron.

Source: Confessions of a Rabid Ioanite

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