'River' Cast and Director Marvel at Pulling Off Their Long Days in the Water: 'This Shoot Was Not Easy'

Both the cast and the writer/director of "River" were in awe of how they pulled off the difficult days shooting the horror film out on the water. While talking to Casey Loving at TheWrap's studio at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, writer/direct Joshua Giuliano and stars Jane Levy, Jessica Roche, Dane DiLiegro, and Max Mattern recalled the experience of many night shoot days both on a real river and a man-made pond. "This shoot was not easy, and I kept saying to [Joshua], 'When you do your next movie, you're gonna be like, 'Holy s–t, I can't believe I had to do . . .