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Filming beings in Siena, Italy for "Quantum
of Solace".
MI6 has photos and video of Daniel Craig shooting
a series of stunts for the film's opening action
sequence...
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Production Diary (23)
9th April 2008
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Ciao, Mr Bond
Daniel Craig arrived in Italy on Sunday 6th April 2008. Filming for the upcoming
James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" is
now underway in and around the town of Siena. According to local press, Craig
arrived during the night, escorted by two bodyguards. He has taken residence
in a quiet region on the outskirts of the city. Click here for a report on
the upcoming shooting schedule.
The first scenes to be filmed were in Sant' Agata, where
Craig was performing stunts on cables and harnesses. In
one sequence, 007 climbs a drain pipe up the side of a
building whilst his target runs across the rooftop. Watch
the video at the end of this report to see Daniel Craig
in action.
The town council at Siena gave permission for filming in
which James Bond chases through the steep and narrow cobbled
streets, across the rooftops and through the underground
medieval aqueducts, while the horses thunder round the Campo,
the main square. Bond himself will not be riding any horses
during the film. The first round of filming
back in August focused on the race, with scenes involving
actors to be inserted later. |
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Above: Daniel Craig films a stunt where Bond leaps from
a window on to the roof of a speeding bus in the narrow
streets of Siena, Italy.
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Preparations in Siena began on February 11th, and since then
four cranes have appeared towering over the Siena skyline.
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Early in the adventure, roughly ten minutes
of the film will be spent amongst the streets and rooftops
of Siena in a thrilling chase sequence. Some buildings
are having minor adjustments made to accommodate the action.
Filming for these scenes is now underway (ending by April
13th) and the production is utilising a 'cable cam' to
capture to action - the first time this equipment has been
used on a feature film. Other location work during this
period will also take in the marble quarries of Fantiscritti
and Canalgrade near the city of Carrara.
Shooting will then move to Passo del Vestito
and Altagnana on May 2nd for a week, with the chase culminating
at the Piazza del Campe (where the Pailo horse race was featured)
during the first three weeks of May. The chase on-foot will
move through the buildings, rooftops and balconies in Siena.
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The chase sequence was originally written to end at the Siena
Duomo (cathedral), but this was later discarded as it was seen
to be disrespectful to the location. Instead, 007 will emerge
from the fountain in the Piazza del Campo just at the moment
that the horse race ends. The network of underground tunnels
('bottini') were reconstructed in Pinewood as filming at the
real location was not possible.
Above: Bond races through the labyrinth
of tunnels ('bottini') under the main square |
A small unit and four stuntmen
had been preparing for the action scenes since March, especially
for the stunt where Bond jumps out of a window on to a fast
moving bus (a specially
modified
bus
was
built
for the shot). The bus will be speeding against the
flow of traffic towards a bridge.
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Briefing
Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (Eon
Productions), QUANTUM OF SOLACE was released in the
UK on October 31st 2008 and is directed by
Marc Forster. Principal photography started on January
3rd
2008 at
Pinewood Studios and around the UK, and foreign locations
including Italy, Panama, Chile, Peru and Austria.
Paul Haggis completed the script based on a first draft
screenplay developed by regular scribes Neal Purvis & Robert
Wade, with later polish by Joshua Zetumer. The story
is a direct continuation of the events of Casino
Royale. 007 faces off against
villains Mathieu Amalric (Dominic Greene), Anatole
Taubman (Elvis) and Joaquin Cosío (General Medrano).
Olga Kurylenko (Camille) and Gemma Arterton (MI6 Agent
Fields) play the Bond Girls. Dame Judi Dench (M), Jeffrey
Wright (Felix Leiter) and Giancarlo Giannini (Mathis)
reprise their roles as Bond's allies. It is British
actor Daniel Craig’s second outing as James Bond,
following his debut film Casino Royale released November
16th 2006.
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