Rescued Chilean miners close to agreeing film deal
Two of the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for two months said that plans for a film chronicling their ordeal are moving fast.
Miner Juan Illanes said during a visit to Costa Rica that discussions for the movie are “very advanced and we hope there are results soon”.
“It’s a business deal and when that’s the case you want to try to find a way for everyone to profit fairly,” Mr Illanes said.
Mr Illanes said his life has been “scandalously different” since he and his colleagues were rescued in October after spending 69 days trapped 2,300 feet underground by a cave-in.
Mr Illanes said that prior to the collapse, he was “a normal worker” who would have never been able to afford a trip to Costa Rica.
Mr Illanes and fellow miner Raul Bustos were in the capital, San Jose, to host two private conferences about their experience trapped in the mine.
They will return to Chile before travelling on December 11 to England, where they have been invited to attend a Manchester United game.
The miners have been inundated with gifts since their rescue.
“Why do they give them to us? I think that the joy that our rescue represented is now manifesting itself in gifts,” Mr Bustos said.
