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Daniel Craig arrives in Austria for shooting on "Quantum
of Solace" as the stunt team prepares in Bregenz and
the Aston Martin DBS is filmed driving through Feldkirch...
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Production Diary (28)
30th April 2008
Willkommen, Mister Bond
Daniel Craig landed in Austria at noon on Tuesday
29th April and was immediately faced with gaggles of local reporters
and
photographers. James Bond fever has taken hold of the region,
starting at the Friedrichshafen airport and moving on Bregenz
where the
crew of "Quantum of Solace" have been preparing the location
shoot.
Residents in the western Austrian town of Bregenz were keeping
their eyes peeled Craig, who is shooting several scenes in the
town. According to a local press report, the production will
be in Bregenz until May 9th. The shoot was first officially
confirmed in January. Filming Tuesday started with a chase
scene in the city's festival hall, a spokesman for the Bregenz
opera festival said. The city's annual opera festival, with its
signature floating stage on Lake Constance, will play a prominent
role in the movie. MI6
first reported on the planned scene back in July last year.
Above: Daniel Craig arrives in Austria at Friedrichshafen airport |
Bonding In Bregenz
In the evening
several streets in the medieval town, with a population of
30,000, will be closed off for filming, before
shooting on the floating stage Wednesday. For James Bond to chase
his adversaries across the huge stage, which is dominated by
elaborate props and a huge eye, festival
organizers set up a complete performance of Puccini's Tosca,
complete with
audience. The action sequence will also run through
the kitchens of the festival hall.
A stunt team was witnessed on Tuesday morning preparing for
one scene which sees a goon shot, followed by a high fall off
the top of a building at the
opera
stage. The stuntmen were wired for the fall on to a 1.5m high
inflated landing pad. Representative Stefan Rippl said, "the
preparations are to ensure that nobody hurt themselves".
007-Fever In Feldkirch
Meanwhile, the nearby city of Feldkirch is in
the full swing of Bond Fever. Filming is taking place late at
night, with shoot
between midnight and 6am. Cardboard cutouts of the main Bond
characters have been erected around the city centre to celebrate
the arrival of the production. Local cafes have been 'fenced'
off whilst cables and equipment line
the streets. Barriers have been erected to keep back the crowds
of fans hoping to get a glimpse of the action. In the film,
Bond will be seen driving a Volvo through the
town.
