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Video and pictures of Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem
on the streets of London filming a
'Skyfall' chase
sequence
with
hundreds of extras and vehicles...
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London Chase Filming
11th March 2012
The "Skyfall" production
team were in central London again today, for what is understood
to be the
final day of location shooting in the nation's capital before
the first unit travels to Turkey on Wednesday. In a continuation
of scenes
filmed earlier in February, which showed a dusty Daniel
Craig emerging from the London Underground chasing on foot, the
007
star was
in action again today along with the central villain of the film.
The whole of lower Whitehall was closed off
for the filming today, which involved dozens of police, fire
and ambulance vehicles,
hundreds of extras and even the new 2012 Routemaster London bus.
Over on Northumberland Avenue, fake signage was placed atop a
disused Charing Cross exit to make it appear to be Embankment
station, and another on Whitehall Place where Bardem's villain
will exit. Adjacent to the fictional Embankment station is the
Playhouse Theatre, which is currently performing 'Dreamboats
and Petticoats', but for the purposes of "Skyfall" will
be seen to have a fictional production of 'Assassins'.
In the video below, Daniel Craig and his stunt
double can be seen preparing for a sequence where Bond sprints
away from the
Underground exit and against the emergency services traffic towards
the Cenotaph in Whitehall - the monument that commemorates the
dead in all wars in which British servicemen have fought. His
double takes a crack at the action before Craig performs the chase
himself. A couple of Remembrance poppies can also be seen on vehicles,
indicating the film will be set in 'real time' around late October/early
November
when it
is released in cinemas.
Javier Bardem's villain, Silva, was seen for the first time
in character on location today. Sporting a blonde wig disguise
and impersonating a Metropolitan police officer, he can be seen
calmly escaping the chaos as armed police and emergency services
react to events triggered by the villain. Having the villain
use a disguise to escape Bond's pursuit may not be a surprising
twist considering writer John
Logan's first Bond film was "Diamonds
Are Forever".
