Society of the Snow's portrayal is attributed to the cast's experience with low-temperature conditions and filming with real snow.
Society of the Snow actor Matias Recalt revealed a heartbreaking and deeply personal behind-the-scenes story that brought him closer to the role of Roberto Canessa in the film.
A huge reason behind the realism of the film is Society of the Snow's cast. The cast, including Enzo Vogrincic as Numa, Agustin Pardella as Nando, and Matias Recalt as Canessa, is one of the highlights of the film regarding acting performances. The film's climatic characteristics played a significant role in helping the actors achieve such realistic portrayals. The cast had to undergo low-temperature conditions in addition to filming with real snow, which resulted in a unique and tragic story for Matias Recalt's character.
In an interview with La Nacion, MatÃas Recalt revealed that he almost declined the project because of his father's death two months before the filming of the movie. However, his decision to accept the opportunity ultimately led him to be closer to Roberto Canessa's character in the international production.
In the interview, Recalt revealed that during conversations with Canessa himself while preparing for the role, the Society of the Snow Andes plane crash survivor told the actor that a key thing to make it through the grief process was to postpone his grief process to stay focused on staying alive. Without this focus, he could not have maintained a fighting spirit. Curiously, that is precisely what Recalt did when he accepted to make the film, which brought him to a very similar mind-state to Canessa's in 1972.
In addition to postponing his grief process to make the movie, another fascinating coincidence related to Matias Recalt's father's death further strengthened his bond with Roberto Canessa.