“It's not what I was hoping for, I'm not going to lie to you,” Diggs says.
Diggs learns how to use anchor points, track a target and make a signal fire. “I don't know how this is going to go and that's why I'm doing it,” he says. Kotsur's reward: haggis, a Scottish delicacy in which organ meat is put inside a sheep's stomach and cooked.ĭiggs, a city kid, finds himself in the inhospitable Great Basin Desert in Nevada. Because Kotsur is deaf, the two men used rope tugs to communicate. Kotsur, who won an Oscar for “CODA,” was tested in the Scottish Highlands, descending 2,500 feet (760 meters) across eight miles (13 kilometers) of harsh terrain and freezing rivers, including a 150-foot (45-meter) rappel down a waterfall. The first day, Grylls teaches key skills - climbing techniques, water-finding tips and fire-setting, among them - and then the guest must do them alone the second day. The series pairs Grylls with a celebrity for 48 hours in a harsh environment. “When there's real tough weather with fun people, it's often really compelling TV.” We've had incredible guests who pushed the boundaries in terms of terrain and the challenge,” Grylls told The Associated Press. It was a hug from adventurist Bear Grylls and some words of encouragement.Ĭooper is one of several celebrities - including Benedict Cumberbatch, Cynthia Erivo, Russell Brand, Troy Kotsur, Rita Ora, Daveed Diggs and Tatiana Maslany - who put their survival skills to the test in a new season of Nat Geo's “Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge,” premiering Sunday. His reward wasn't an Oscar nomination or a big box office hit.
For his latest role, Bradley Cooper leapt onto a hovering helicopter, rappelled down a 400-foot cliff and pulled himself across a 100-foot ravine in one of the harshest climates in North America.
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